headstone

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Not included: “A headstone or any other permanent memorial,” the site adds.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 18, 2025

While Eureka and other places prepare to unveil higher-profile monuments and dedications, Dock’s headstone stands in quiet remembrance of a life upended by the purges.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

Next to its headstone in the graveyard of institutions, one might also place a marker for the era that publisher Henry Luce once labeled “the American Century.”

From Salon • Aug. 16, 2025

"Mum's grave still doesn't have her name on the headstone," she told BBC Radio Foyle's North West Today programme.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025

She knelt down beside her mother’s grave, which was whole and untouched, and wiped away the dirt and moss that had overgrown the headstone.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo