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Recent Examples of churchyard
An unusual structural failure recently caused a dramatic, sinkhole-like collapse in an historic English churchyard — revealing a 300-year-old family vault.
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 26 Nov. 2025
Installing pipework through the churchyard for the heat pumps, which are in a fenced enclosure nearby, was a painstaking process.
—Chris Baraniuk, Wired News, 13 Nov. 2025
Early rural cemeteries In the early 1800s, cemeteries in the United States started separating from churchyards and common grounds of large cities, such as Boston Common.
—Shelley Mitchell, The Conversation, 31 Oct. 2025
As befits the setting of an old stone church with a shadowy churchyard, theological themes surface concerning everything from faith to resurrection to desecration to the nature of miracles.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 26 Nov. 2025
Installing pipework through the churchyard for the heat pumps, which are in a fenced enclosure nearby, was a painstaking process.
—Chris Baraniuk, Wired News, 13 Nov. 2025
Early rural cemeteries In the early 1800s, cemeteries in the United States started separating from churchyards and common grounds of large cities, such as Boston Common.
—Shelley Mitchell, The Conversation, 31 Oct. 2025
As befits the setting of an old stone church with a shadowy churchyard, theological themes surface concerning everything from faith to resurrection to desecration to the nature of miracles.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for churchyard
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Jackson lives in Kinston, about 9 miles north of the cemetery, court records show.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Mar. 2026
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Beneath a leaden sky in a municipal cemetery, relatives of Eduardo Ramos and Alicia Cerrotta carry the two urns containing their remains.—
Débora Rey,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
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Video shared with the Miami Herald of the rescue shows the backyard swarmed with first responders.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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The organization supports both backyard gardeners and larger-scale urban growers.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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His only book, Portraits in Life and Death (1976), juxtaposed photos of people in his circle and with images of ancient corpses in the Palermo catacombs.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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For a darker experience in the City of Light, venture beneath Paris and explore its hundreds of miles of catacombs.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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The volunteers included a divinity student on spring break and a woman with a long gray braid who told me that some of the defendants had helped out at her community garden.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
26 Mar. 2026
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Cardboard and newspaper layering handles broader coverage around trees and garden beds over time.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Mar. 2026
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Ronald White of Milton, dressed in colonial attire, stood with reenactors firing replica muskets in the church’s graveyard following the service and said the anniversary carries personal meaning.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Sure, Neon and A24 have become Oscar-winning indie players with box office hits, but given the graveyard of defunct distributors, why would anyone think releasing movies in theaters is a good business to break into?—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2026
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These are often called dooryard violets and the Latin name is viola sororia.—
Sheryl De Vore,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 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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Edged has five campuses in operation and planned in Spain and Portugal with total capacity for 380 megawatt (MW).—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Mar. 2026
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The move comes as the company doubles down on its production capabilities, recently opening a 10,000-plus square foot creative campus in Los Angeles in an effort to expand creative and brand-facing capabilities and provide space for collaborating artists to work onsite.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Churchyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/churchyard. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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