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Recent Examples of churchyard
Greek Festival Food, music and dance fill the churchyard at Holy Trinity Cathedral during one of the largest cultural festivals of the year in downtown Salt Lake City.
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Erin Alberty, Axios, 5 Sep. 2024
Kristen makes some noise about a contractor, but that’s not soon enough for Sister Andrea, who tells Ben to get some bricks from the churchyard and start the work ASAP.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 4 July 2024
Dozens more set up lawn chairs, blankets and cameras in the churchyard across the street.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
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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Erin Alberty, Axios, 5 Sep. 2024
Kristen makes some noise about a contractor, but that’s not soon enough for Sister Andrea, who tells Ben to get some bricks from the churchyard and start the work ASAP.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 4 July 2024
Dozens more set up lawn chairs, blankets and cameras in the churchyard across the street.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
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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The cemetery is also the final resting place of Bardot's parents and her first husband, filmmaker Roger Vadim, who helmed her breakout film And God Created Woman.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Jan. 2026
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Property taxes pay for more than two dozen types of local improvement and service districts that cover cemeteries, ambulances, pest control, flood prevention, downtown development, fire protection and more.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
6 Jan. 2026
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Whiteface Mountain, New York As the world gears up for the 2026 games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, New Yorkers can test their skills on Olympic trails right in their backyard.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Jan. 2026
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Without backyard gardens or Le Creuset Dutch ovens or maybe even, like at the beginning of my own life, without full-on kitchens.—
Allyson Reedy,
Denver Post,
7 Jan. 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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Waiting until spring to do your pruning and garden cleanup ensures that these beneficial insects have a place to shelter during the colder months.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Jan. 2026
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Ideally, cuttings should be taken just after roses drop their leaves in fall or immediately before the flower buds begin to break in late winter; however, cuttings can be taken any time in winter as long as gardens aren’t experiencing spells of extreme cold.—
Lauren Landers,
The Spruce,
10 Jan. 2026
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On Wednesday, Duff ramped up the anticipation for her new album, teasing a new song about dive bar hookups, inconvenient roommates, and a once-red-hot romance fizzling into the tombs of relationship graveyards.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
7 Jan. 2026
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Advertisement The two graveyards rest on land that was once part of one of over 50 plantations owned by the white Hairston family across several states.—
Jeffrey Bennett,
Time,
5 Jan. 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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In light of the uptick in threats and seemingly random acts of violence on HBCU campuses, many schools have opted to increase security in an effort to keep students safe.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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My daughter uses hers almost daily, walking back from campus at night.—
Karthika Gupta,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Churchyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/churchyard. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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