mausoleum
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New Orleans resembles a giant mausoleum: “The past is so much a part of the present here and it’s unhealthy,” says a concerned friend.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
She spoke during a symbolic visit to the eastern city of Nanjing, where she visited the mausoleum of revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen, one of the few Chinese historical figures revered in both Beijing and Taipei.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
Knight also entered a mausoleum behind the altar and opened up a box containing ashes, Fraser said.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026
The two men -- dubbed "eternal leaders" in state propaganda -- are housed in the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, a vast mausoleum in downtown Pyongyang.
From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026
Nikita Khrushchev and other top officials watched from atop the red granite mausoleum holding the bodies of the former Soviet leaders Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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