as in cemeteries
a piece of land used for burying the dead
criminals and unidentified people are sometimes buried in a potter's field
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Gökçen Kurtuluş Öztaşkın, a professor at Pamukkale University in Turkey, told AA that archaeologists also found a Byzantine church with mosaics made of pebbles during their excavation of Olympus, as well as ancient cemeteries and houses.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
20 Oct. 2025 -
For non-squeamish types, the Surgeons’ Hall Museums are downright fascinating, and Edinburgh’s several cemeteries make for moody afternoon strolls.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
18 Oct. 2025
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As time goes on, Ed is deeply impacted by Augusta's sudden death, which leads him to visit graveyards and try to recreate the memory of his mom with the bodies of recently deceased women.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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Up ⬆ One Battle After Another The Oscars are very much not determined by statistics; there are graveyards full of Oscar hopefuls that looked like winners on paper but ultimately didn’t connect with voters for some ephemeral reason or another.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Potter's fields.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potter%27s%20fields. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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