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the historic cemetery's many tombstones marking the graves of children are telling reminders of the harshness of pioneer life
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The tombstone has ten lines of inscriptions and identified the man laid to rest inside the tomb, according to the release.
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2025
Some of the surviving houses remained empty for seasons on end in the ’80s, their marquees serving as tombstones for the bombs that had fleetingly awakened them from their slumber.
—Frank Rich, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
Entire blocks with nothing left but chimneys — tombstones for the houses that had stood there.
—Josh Eells, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
In the kitchen, an appliance resembling a tombstone turned out to be a Showa toaster.
—Elif Batuman, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2025
Some of the surviving houses remained empty for seasons on end in the ’80s, their marquees serving as tombstones for the bombs that had fleetingly awakened them from their slumber.
—Frank Rich, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
Entire blocks with nothing left but chimneys — tombstones for the houses that had stood there.
—Josh Eells, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
In the kitchen, an appliance resembling a tombstone turned out to be a Showa toaster.
—Elif Batuman, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Tombstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tombstone. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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tombstone
noun
tomb·stone
ˈtüm-ˌstōn 
Geographical Definition
Tombstone
geographical name
Tomb·stone
ˈtüm-ˌstōn
city in the southeastern corner of Arizona population 1380
Note: Tombstone was site of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1881.
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