tombstones

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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

Blank tombstones stood unchristened and uncarved in the window beneath the sign.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman