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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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Spring Grove Cemetery in Spring Grove Village is one of the most historic cemeteries in the United States.Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 16 Dec. 2024
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When our first spouses died, they were each interred in different local cemeteries.R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
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Desert tortoises were once so plentiful that people driving through the Mojave would take them home to keep as backyard pets.Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
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In the kitchen, an eat-in peninsula is the perfect spot to grab a bite before work with a view of the backyard.Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2024
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Fill with garden soil or mulch to a depth of about 6 to 8 inches.Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
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Up on the roof, the secret garden has been carved out of one of the building’s historic turrets.Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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In Sherman’s graveyard in Riverside, 60-some children are buried.Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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The Amazon Echo Spot (7/10, WIRED Recommends) is back from the Amazon graveyard, revived after five years of being off the shelves and given a whole new look.WIRED, WIRED, 29 Nov. 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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Mario Tama / Getty Images At Pepperdine University, a shelter-in-place protocol for the Malibu campus was lifted Wednesday and power was restored to the campus.Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2024
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The campus for the new Treehouse hotel, where it is located, is beautiful.Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Churchyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/churchyard. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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