graveyard

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"Peng and colleagues' encounter with a vast fossil graveyard is a truly unique discovery," Stephen J Godfrey of the Calvert Marine Museum wrote in Nature.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

It is also the deepest and oldest known whale graveyard on Earth, according to research published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, with some fossils dating back 5.3 million years.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

The little bean bags that once appeared relegated to the same cultural graveyard as mixtapes and Blockbuster have taken over high-school sports fields, hallways and sometimes classrooms seemingly overnight.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Even under a beaming sun, the ruins, aproned by the graveyard of the nearby Norman church of St. Mary’s, carve a formidable black silhouette against the sky.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

We filled pouches with the graveyard dirt and tied them up tight, putting them in Doc’s big bag.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce