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That family, Groat said, represented an important aspect of the potter’s field: This is a burial plot where generations of families were laid to rest.
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Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
Echevarria had a burial plot picked out beside his mother’s grave.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2025
At the time Highland was founded in 1909, no cemetery in the city would allow Black families to purchase a burial plot so loved ones could be interred together.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2025
Today’s Schedule 12 minutes ago President Carter’s casket will begin the day in the U.S. Capitol rotunda and end in a burial plot beside Rosalynn Carter in Plains, Ga.
—Kyler Alvord, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
When the old woman expresses her wish to be put to rest in a grand burial plot, the awkward responses suggest that none of her family will be volunteering to foot the substantial bill.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Vance ended his speech by giving a description of his family burial plot nestled on a mountainside in eastern Kentucky, where seven generations of his ancestors rest.
—Nik Popli, TIME, 18 July 2024
For instance, her dad had a burial plot in California but died in Nevada.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
Her father blamed her mother and banished her from the home and excluded her from their family burial plot.
—Marah Eakin, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2024
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Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
Echevarria had a burial plot picked out beside his mother’s grave.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2025
At the time Highland was founded in 1909, no cemetery in the city would allow Black families to purchase a burial plot so loved ones could be interred together.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2025
Today’s Schedule 12 minutes ago President Carter’s casket will begin the day in the U.S. Capitol rotunda and end in a burial plot beside Rosalynn Carter in Plains, Ga.
—Kyler Alvord, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
When the old woman expresses her wish to be put to rest in a grand burial plot, the awkward responses suggest that none of her family will be volunteering to foot the substantial bill.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Vance ended his speech by giving a description of his family burial plot nestled on a mountainside in eastern Kentucky, where seven generations of his ancestors rest.
—Nik Popli, TIME, 18 July 2024
For instance, her dad had a burial plot in California but died in Nevada.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
Her father blamed her mother and banished her from the home and excluded her from their family burial plot.
—Marah Eakin, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2024
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“Burial plot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burial%20plot. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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