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many of the soldiers who died in the battle are buried in a cemetery nearby
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Michael Bloom, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2025
Rodriguez was at rest that night at a cemetery in Los Mochis, a large city in the northern reaches of Sinoloa.
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An el train moves through the frame at the edge of the cemetery where Vince is now buried.
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Ramona’s only cemetery — Nuevo Memory Gardens — holds a lot of memories and an abundance of history.
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Michael Bloom, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2025
Rodriguez was at rest that night at a cemetery in Los Mochis, a large city in the northern reaches of Sinoloa.
—Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 20 Sep. 2025
An el train moves through the frame at the edge of the cemetery where Vince is now buried.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
Ramona’s only cemetery — Nuevo Memory Gardens — holds a lot of memories and an abundance of history.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Cemetery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cemetery. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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cemetery
noun
cem·e·tery
ˈsem-ə-ˌter-ē 
plural cemeteries
: a place where dead people are buried : graveyard
Etymology
Middle English cimitery "cemetery," from early French cimiterie (same meaning), from Latin coemeterium "cemetery," from Greek koimētērion "sleeping chamber, burial place," from koiman "to put to sleep"
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