mausoleum
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This year, however, an empty chair bearing his portrait stood at the mausoleum, according to footage broadcast from the site.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
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
Knight also entered a mausoleum behind the altar and opened up a box containing ashes, Fraser said.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026
Robert Badinter, the justice minister who ended the death penalty in France in 1981, entered the country's Pantheon mausoleum of outstanding historical figures on Thursday, just hours after his grave was vandalised.
From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025
The big house was as silent as a mausoleum.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
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