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cemetery

[sem-i-ter-ee] / ˈsɛm ɪˌtɛr i /


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One sister died "within hours" of showing symptoms, while for the other, "we had to take her to the cemetery without a wake," Mailen said.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Gravestones are removed, graves moved to Hope cemetery.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

Women carry the casket of Razieh Zamani, a 34-year-old teacher at the Shajareh Tayyebeh school, toward the Minab cemetery.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 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

We cut through this old-school cemetery and back out onto a street that led us to the first part of Highway 1, where we stood at the side of the road and tried to hitchhike.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña




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