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[toom] / tum /


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The state media broadcast featured the 42-year-old dictator paying homage to the deceased, scattering dirt over one tomb and laying a white rose on another.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Researchers have also identified a Da Vinci family tomb at the Church of Santa Croce in Vinci.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

The site is considered holy to Christians – who revere it as the site of Jesus's last Supper – and to Jews who see it as the tomb of the biblical King David.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

The 70-year-old pope himself carried a large wooden cross through all 14 stations retracing Jesus Christ's path to the tomb, marking a return to a tradition observed by John Paul II and Benedict XVI.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Celaena paced the length of the tomb, snarling to herself.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas




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