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cemetery

[sem-i-ter-ee] / ˈsɛm ɪˌtɛr i /


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Earlier, President Donald Trump, Vice-President JD Vance and other top officials attended the annual wreath-laying ceremony at the cemetery.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

The same defensive structure was rebuilt, a hamlet or farm was established on a nearby hilltop, and people were buried in a cemetery between the two areas.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Joined by Guyanese Prime Minister Mark Phillips, Charles laid ceremonial wreaths on the graves of soldiers who fought for Britain before independence in a Georgetown cemetery.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

The 35-year-old tattoo artist and her family have set up an altar at the cemetery since 2015, the same year her oldest sister died.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

After the repast lunch the people at church made for us, we walked home along the hard-packed dirt path that led from the cemetery all the way to our house.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

Over the summer, Raman slammed Bass for pausing a bike lane and street safety improvement project near two cemeteries along Forest Lawn Drive that had come under fire by some in Raman’s district.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Doan Van Cong, 68, and his family spent years touring cemeteries and talking to witnesses to discover what happened to his uncle, who died in 1950, when he was in his early 20s.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

At the two largest cemeteries, researchers found an unusually large number of children and young teenagers among those who had died.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

Watch the video above for an inside look at how front-line cash is transforming Ulan-Ude’s impoverished economy—even as cemeteries and war memorials continue to expand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

In the fall of 1980, Maya Lin was a senior at Yale University, taking a class on funereal architecture, studying how cemeteries and monuments reflect attitudes toward death.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge


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