headstone
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"Psychologically, no, of course it didn't help - how could it?" said another woman, who had purchased an AI-generated photo of her late husband for his headstone.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Second, a granite headstone, measuring six feet by three feet, will be erected.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2026
Other notable artifacts connected to St. Eustatius are a headstone from its Jewish cemetery, commemorating a merchant’s wife, and a Hanukkah lamp from Amsterdam that was eventually carried to St. Thomas by Jewish exiles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
Not included: “A headstone or any other permanent memorial,” the site adds.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 18, 2025
Anya almost asked who, but she knew: the owner of the headstone outside the little house.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
Every year, local people come along and rub beach sand into the marble headstones so the names of those U.S. soldiers can still be read.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026
The “expat graveyard” is filled with headstones of people who boldly declared, “We love it here. We’re never leaving.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 24, 2026
Beneath moss-covered cinder blocks, dilapidated stone markers, and a handful of headstones, more than 200 children who died in state custody between the 1870s and 1930s are buried.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026
Basque headstones are inscribed in Euskara, the oldest European tongue; Enriquez’s friend shouts in Euskara to scare away an intruder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025
Beneath the shadow of the First Keep was an ancient lichyard, its headstones spotted with pale lichen, where the old Kings of Winter had laid their faithful servants.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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