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graveyard

[greyv-yahrd] / ˈgreɪvˌyɑrd /


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Fears of ending up in some unemployment graveyard mean workers hold on to lower wages or jobs they hate.

From The Wall Street Journal

The eventual artwork, 25 metres by 25 metres and enclosed by a wall, will be filled with stones from these graveyards.

From BBC

As I was passing the Community Church, the calm shade of the graveyard was mighty inviting.

From Literature

“The hat! It must have flown off when we ran though the graveyard.”

From Literature

For most of the last week, Taufahema has left his graveyard shift job as a security guard and driven to the walkway across the 101 freeway between the Balboa Boulevard and White Oak Avenue exits.

From Los Angeles Times