city of the dead
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"It is painful when I go into the streets. The city looks like the city of the dead."
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
If Michael Jones was going to find his way in Hart Island’s city of the dead, it was clear he would need a guide.
From Washington Times • Apr. 12, 2020
“The city of the dead is also the city of disorder and neglect,” the Afro-American reported in 1929.
From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2018
The new subterranean city of the dead is Israel’s most high-profile attempt yet to solve an unusual crisis: a shortage of places to bury to its dead.
From The Guardian • Dec. 1, 2017
Returning to the district was like returning to a city of the dead.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
