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tombstone

[toom-stohn] / ˈtumˌstoʊn /
NOUN
grave marker
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A bouquet of red, white and blue flowers rested against the tombstone.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 4, 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

Mr. O’Brien refused concessions and tweeted an image of a tombstone “Yellow: 1924-2023.”

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 28, 2025

Instead, it was placed on her grave as a tombstone out of respect for the contribution the woman had made to the community's food security.

From BBC Jun. 7, 2025

Eventually they found an empty spot for Henrietta near her mother’s tombstone.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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

The man crunches his way toward us, through this snow-covered field and past rows upon rows of identical wooden tombstones, then gestures back in the direction he came from.

From Slate Feb. 11, 2026

She walked the path that led through a clutch of half-fallen tombstones towards the front gates.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman




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