epitaph
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A fitting epitaph for a man whose legacy was not just business, but quiet defiance, compassion, and conviction.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025
In words he shared with teenagers, Prefontaine wrote his own best epitaph: “To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2025
If this ends up being Cronenberg’s last, he’ll have gone out with a worldly, weighty epitaph.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025
On the headstone marking his grave, the epitaph simply read “The Butler.”
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2024
The epitaph said, “She was a kind and affectionate wife and a fond mother and a friend to all.”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
Both inside the Cathedral and out, there were so many heartfelt epitaphs paid to Charlton's life, but it was possibly Reverend Grace Thomas who best summed up his legacy.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2023
Maybe you’ll have time to study the graveyard epitaphs, or — if you’re really lucky — to marvel at the holographic visitors who’ve stowed away in your buggy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2023
And so, every New Year's Day the words of Amundsen and Scott, inscribed as epitaphs at the geographic South Pole, are ceremonially moved to the newly measured, precise bottom of the earth.
From Salon ● May 29, 2023
None of the Sagalassos graves bore epitaphs, and genetic material is often destroyed by high temperatures in ancient cremations.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2023
It was impossible, of course, to ignore the crosses, and each morning Jerry G. and Horsethief Shorty, occasionally aided by Bernabe Montoya and the state cops, had to uproot a dozen epitaphs.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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