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graveyard

[grayv-yahrd] / ˈgreɪvˌjɑrd /


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That’s part of the reason why the risk-on sentiment is beginning to spread to cryptocurrencies — an asset class known for its volatility — which has helped bitcoin’s comeback from the graveyard, Hackett said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

His superior, Abdul Samad, shows us an unmarked graveyard, saying his father is buried here, killed fighting for the Taliban.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

A struggle also remains for Jefferson-Hemings descendants to gain the right to be buried in the Jefferson graveyard.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

Weight loss, long a graveyard for drug-company ambitions, has emerged as one of the industry’s biggest and fastest-growing segments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

The bus pulls away, passing Morning Glory Cottage and Ruth’s house and Professor Swann as he walks past the graveyard.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

Until now, however, scientists have lacked a reliable way to determine how the remains of extinct megafauna and other animals accumulated, survived, and changed inside these submerged graveyards.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

He called for future submersible voyages to find more whale graveyards across the world.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

Wall Street’s graveyards are filled with analysts who have insisted that they would.

From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026

The eventual artwork, 25 metres by 25 metres and enclosed by a wall, will be filled with stones from these graveyards.

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026

She said, “There’s rules for those in graveyards, but not for those as was buried in unhallowed ground. Nobody tells me what to do, or where to go.”

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman




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