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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
Noun
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Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 21, at St. Anastasia Catholic Church in Hutchinson, with interment in the church cemetery.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Members of the Congolese Red Cross and civil protection workers bury dozens of victims of the recent clashes at a cemetery in Goma on Tuesday.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
6 Feb. 2025
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The reptiles can be seen on hiking trails, rural roads and in even your backyard, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Sacramento Bee,
11 Feb. 2025
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China's growing presence in America's backyard could grant the communist country access to Florida's coast, coinciding with a dramatic rise in Chinese national border encounters.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
Fox News,
11 Feb. 2025
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Taking seedlings straight from indoors and plunking them into the garden is a shock.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Feb. 2025
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The 284-acre state botanic garden and arboretum was founded by Lady Bird Johnson and actor Helen Hayes in 1982 and is home to over 10,000 species from all across Texas—the most diverse collection of such in North America.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
14 Feb. 2025
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Another benefit for me has been bonding with my dad, who shares my love of exploring cemeteries and graveyards.—
Blane Bachelor,
AFAR Media,
12 Feb. 2025
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The first evidence is the deer's corpse that the poacher was skinning near the makeshift graveyard.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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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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Missing University of Colorado student last seen on campus Trussell was last seen on Feb. 9 at around 10 p.m. on the University of Colorado Boulder campus, according to several law enforcement agencies.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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To be eligible at the Milwaukee campus, students had to earn a semester GPA of 3.6 or higher.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Churchyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/churchyard. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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