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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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His grave received so many visitors (many leaving liquor, beer cans, cigarette butts and marijuana joints) that Judy was forced to move his burial location from the center of the cemetery to near the entrance, The Ledger reported.—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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There’s an underwater cemetery about 100 yards away in the lake, but no one knows if there’s any connection.—
Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
4 Mar. 2025
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The causes of death have been revealed for the three Kansas City Chiefs fans who were found dead in the backyard of their friend's home in January 2024.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
Fox News,
7 Mar. 2025
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The bodies of the three men were found in the backyard of the home, and investigators found two bags inside containing drugs, police said.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2025
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Plant this native beauty in pollinator gardens to treat bees and butterflies.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
27 Feb. 2025
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Berton al Vista will be the hotel’s fine dining restaurant, Bianca Bistrot, the casual daytime restaurant located in the garden; two bars will be located in the library and on the rooftop affording views over the countryside and of the streets of the White City.—
Laurie Werner,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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The poem, one of Frost’s finest, comprises a dialogue between a husband and wife who have recently buried a child in a small graveyard near their home.—
Maggie Doherty,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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By comparison, there was significant damping among the cooler graveyards around the LLSVPs.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN,
31 Jan. 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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The outlet added that Southern University and A&M College sent a letter to all fraternities, sororities and clubs on Southern University's campus.—
Saleen Martin,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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During the 1990s and 2000s, for example, protests on college campuses over Nike’s use of sweatshop labor forced the company to raise the minimum age for hiring new workers at shoe factories to 18 and allow human rights groups to inspect factory conditions in Asia.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Churchyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/churchyard. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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