tombstone
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A bouquet of red, white and blue flowers rested against the tombstone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
In Ain Ebel's cemetery, Jallad caresses her son's tombstone, surrounded by women trying to comfort her.
From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026
Mr. O’Brien refused concessions and tweeted an image of a tombstone “Yellow: 1924-2023.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
Instead, it was placed on her grave as a tombstone out of respect for the contribution the woman had made to the community's food security.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2025
Eventually they found an empty spot for Henrietta near her mother’s tombstone.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
Bimbo is maneuvered into a graveyard whose tombstones sway and sing, and whose ground opens up to reveal teeth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
Soldiers who demonstrated "extraordinary valour" are honoured with outdoor graves and tombstones, while others are commemorated in urns inside the columbarium.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
In the town's cemetery, an AFP journalist saw a hole that looked like a dug-up grave, surrounded by other tombstones.
From Barron's ● Mar. 7, 2026
The man crunches his way toward us, through this snow-covered field and past rows upon rows of identical wooden tombstones, then gestures back in the direction he came from.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2026
She walked the path that led through a clutch of half-fallen tombstones towards the front gates.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
