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tombstone

[toom-stohn] / ˈtumˌstoʊn /
NOUN
grave marker
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There, at a tombstone whose name is illegible, the inspector and his crew find a corpse in a tweed suit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Back in grad school, I imagined that maybe I’d write a bestselling novel, and maybe it would be adapted for the screen, and maybe my tombstone would read: She contributed very serious literature to civilization.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026

In Ain Ebel's cemetery, Jallad caresses her son's tombstone, surrounded by women trying to comfort her.

From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026

"With just 22 million rupees, we've restored 92 buildings, eight or nine clocks, and some 1,300 tombstone plaques."

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025

Maybe the tombstone had sunk at the same rate as the erosion, and the body was only a foot away below me—or an inch.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel

Bimbo is maneuvered into a graveyard whose tombstones sway and sing, and whose ground opens up to reveal teeth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

Soldiers who demonstrated "extraordinary valour" are honoured with outdoor graves and tombstones, while others are commemorated in urns inside the columbarium.

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

In the town's cemetery, an AFP journalist saw a hole that looked like a dug-up grave, surrounded by other tombstones.

From Barron's ● Mar. 7, 2026

She balked at the idea of a traditional burial, calling caskets and tombstones “a racket.”

From Salon ● Dec. 9, 2025

I’d just been sitting there among the tombstones the day before.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney


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