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graveyard

[grayv-yahrd] / ˈgreɪvˌjɑrd /


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That’s part of the reason why the risk-on sentiment is beginning to spread to cryptocurrencies — an asset class known for its volatility — which has helped bitcoin’s comeback from the graveyard, Hackett said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

She was buried on an island in the Spencers' Althorp estate, rather than a graveyard - and the book describes how a bishop was brought to consecrate the ground to make it possible.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

The endeavor had become a graveyard for research: Despite more than a thousand attempts by other researchers to produce a therapeutic vaccine for cancer, almost none had succeeded in a meaningful clinical trial.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

A struggle also remains for Jefferson-Hemings descendants to gain the right to be buried in the Jefferson graveyard.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

And like I said, they carried her to the graveyard in this very wagon here.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

Until now, however, scientists have lacked a reliable way to determine how the remains of extinct megafauna and other animals accumulated, survived, and changed inside these submerged graveyards.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

The subtropical southern Japanese region boasts some of the world's most biodiverse hubs of normally multicoloured coral, but a 2024 marine heatwave created "graveyards" of ghostly pale or sickly brown organisms.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

Wall Street’s graveyards are filled with analysts who have insisted that they would.

From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026

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

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026

They drive until it grows dark, without destination in mind, past hidden ponds and graveyards, culs-de-sac and dead ends.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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