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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Located at the intersection of Highways 6 and 13, this cemetery is the final resting place of L.M. Montgomery.—
Kaitlyn McInnis,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025 -
There are over 150 national cemeteries —including Arlington National Cemetery and Gettysburg National Cemetery — across the country that will sport thousands of American flags every Memorial Day.—
Alex Heigl,
People.com,
26 May 2025
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Leading those developments appears to be China, which stunned the world in 2022 by using a robotic grabber to pluck one of its satellites from its orbital slot and drag it into a graveyard orbit.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
11 May 2025
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In a makeshift graveyard outside the hospital, surrounded by the giraffes that Ellie met in one of the first season’s most emotional scenes, the group discuss their next moves after burying their dead.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
5 May 2025
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“God's acre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/God%27s%20acre. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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