as in cemetery
a piece of land used for burying the dead
was laid in rest in God's acre, with a comforting view of the river he loved so much
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The incident marks a violent escalation in a series of break-ins that have occurred at the cemetery, which has faced years of financial hardship.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026 -
Clandestine graves are discovered on a semiregular basis; more than 70,000 unidentified remains have piled up in morgues and cemeteries.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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An intruder entered the graveyard in an attempt to steal headstones for their bronze and copper plaques, the owner said.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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An unceremonious dumping ground for the sort of horror movies most people can live without, Q1 has long functioned as a graveyard for the genre.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
1 Apr. 2026
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“God's acre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/God%27s%20acre. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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