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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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The audit also noted a Jewish cemetery in Waterbury that was vandalized with more than 12 gravestones desecrated.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
22 Apr. 2025
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Concord, South Dakota, has a paint store, a cemetery and four waterfowl protection areas.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Those include laws dealing with allowing accessory dwelling units — including garage and backyard units — as well as parking requirements in neighborhoods near transit stops and residential occupancy limits.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
13 Apr. 2025
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Victor Perez, an Idaho teen with autism and cerebral palsy, was declared brain dead late Friday night, days after he was shot by police officers in his own backyard, his family said.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
12 Apr. 2025
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Order a drink, admire the master carpentry, and unwind with views of the beautiful garden.—
Christina Liao,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
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Among them are a Dior spa, a huge indoor tropical garden filled with trees and other greenery, and the world’s biggest Ray-Ban store in an airport. Follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn.—
Kevin Rozario,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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But life is full of surprises, and Seong-ho Jang’s Angel Studios effort begins with Ebenezer Scrooge confronting the scary revelations shown to him by the Ghost of Christmas Future in a snowy graveyard.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
11 Apr. 2025
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Not because the challenge seemed particularly daunting for her, but because fifth place is a graveyard for queens who think too much.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
28 Mar. 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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More aggressive immigration enforcement actions took place last month, mainly at Ivy League and elite campuses in the Northeast, including Columbia University, where foreign students who supported pro-Palestinian protests were arrested for deportation.—
Jaweed Kaleem,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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Once the all-clear was issued hours after the shooting, streams of students, some with their hands in the air, were evacuated from campus buildings and brought to safe locations, where many were seen collapsing into hugs and breaking down in tears.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Churchyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/churchyard. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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