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Recent Examples of churchyard
In Ham, after the trespass, the group stopped in a churchyard for lunch, where more thermoses of tea emerged from backpacks.
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Brooke Jarvis, New York Times, 26 July 2023
Last summer, O’Farrell presided over a ceremony for the planting of a pair of trees in the churchyard — one commemorating Hamnet, the other Judith.
—Andrew Dickson, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023
His company has now taken on the task of mapping every churchyard and municipal burial ground in England—a total of more than 18,000—to create a Google Street View of graveyards in which descendants, genealogists, and conservationists can click on a map and see who was buried there and when.
—WIRED, 25 Nov. 2022
At one point, the thieves threatened to burn the painting unless their demands were met, but unlike The Concert, The Guitar Player was safely recovered with the help of an anonymous tip: a detective found the canvas, wrapped in newspaper, propped up against an old headstone in a London churchyard.
—Ruth Bernard Yeazell, The New York Review of Books, 23 Feb. 2021
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Brooke Jarvis, New York Times, 26 July 2023
Last summer, O’Farrell presided over a ceremony for the planting of a pair of trees in the churchyard — one commemorating Hamnet, the other Judith.
—Andrew Dickson, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023
His company has now taken on the task of mapping every churchyard and municipal burial ground in England—a total of more than 18,000—to create a Google Street View of graveyards in which descendants, genealogists, and conservationists can click on a map and see who was buried there and when.
—WIRED, 25 Nov. 2022
At one point, the thieves threatened to burn the painting unless their demands were met, but unlike The Concert, The Guitar Player was safely recovered with the help of an anonymous tip: a detective found the canvas, wrapped in newspaper, propped up against an old headstone in a London churchyard.
—Ruth Bernard Yeazell, The New York Review of Books, 23 Feb. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for churchyard
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These arches, made mainly of flowers, palm leaves, cane, and colored paper, are erected both at the entrances of homes and in cemeteries.Arath Zumaya Muñoz, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2024
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Geological factors still play a role in finding a suitable site for a cemetery.David Bressan, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Outside are large front and back decks and a fenced backyard with a lawn and pea-gravel sitting area.The Week Staff, theweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Smaller companies should focus their early talent recruiting and hiring efforts on the students and graduates from colleges and universities in their backyard.Christine Y. Cruzvergara, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The wildly popular attraction, which winds through a mile of the tightly packed urban garden, includes tens of thousands of glittering LED lights, special drinks and more.John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
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The Botanic Garden and Ian Bruce Eichner, the CEO of Continuum Companies, have reached a deal that will protect the garden’s greenhouses from shadows and allow the developer’s Franklin Avenue project to finally move forward, according to the Botanic Garden.Kim Velsey, Curbed, 12 Nov. 2024
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The types of rocks found in the underground of a graveyard play an important role in the decay of corpses.David Bressan, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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When my dad had his accident, people would talk about spinal cord injury research as the graveyard of neuroscience.ABC NEWS, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2024
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But on a clear day after rain, the dooryards and the narrow streets are fragrant with summer lilacs; the overgrown grass by the river, where people of all backgrounds pause to rest, blows on the approach to a high, arcing bridge; and startling moments of bright, simple beauty emerge.Nathan Heller, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
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Bridal elms flank a door; an 80-foot dooryard elm shades a house.Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022
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The 45th event runs Friday, Nov. 15-Sunday, Nov. 17, at Gates Field House on the University of Denver campus as a fundraiser for its host.John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
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Lincoln continues to focus on expanding its campus operations and launching new programs, while managing costs associated with these expansions.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
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“Churchyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/churchyard. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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