tombstones
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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
Sun on the white tombstones, on the fading flowers and the canvas tent covering the newly dug grave.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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