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cemetery

[sem-i-ter-ee] / ˈsɛm ɪˌtɛr i /


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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

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

On top of a grassy hill in the corner of the town cemetery, a pink cherry blossom tree stands guard over a huddle of small, colourful graves.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

She said she even gave the department keys to the cemetery so deputies could enter the graveyard to make arrests when necessary.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

I climbed into Gran’s Oldsmobile and stared at the rows of headstones at the cemetery next door as I thought about her question.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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