in the grave
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Animal remains were also placed in the grave, including a butchered calf.
From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026
"Even in the grave, he still remains our hero," one mourner told the AFP news agency.
From BBC • Oct. 19, 2025
John Brown’s body lies a-moldering in the grave, John Brown’s body lies a-moldering in the grave, John Brown’s body lies a-moldering in the grave, But his soul goes marching on.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2025
Geigl’s team sequenced all the individuals’ whole genomes and found that all the women in the grave had exclusively Neolithic ancestry.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 19, 2024
Old master'll lie in the grave and stretch out his arms, To lay his body down.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
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