gravedigger
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Nicknamed Bob Coveiro - meaning "gravedigger" in Portuguese - the loyal dog brought comfort to mourners and became a fixture at the graveyard until his death in 2021, when he was buried alongside his guardian.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026
At noon on Sunday, Amotz Bazar, the kibbutz gravedigger, pulled up the driveway to the cemetery in Nir Oz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025
And Frank Diger, the cemetery owner who had employed my Basque grandfather, Bakersfield’s best gravedigger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2022
“We stepped over him somehow,” Vladyslav Minchenko, 44, a volunteer gravedigger, said, shaking his head.
From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2022
Now that I heard his voice, I knew who he was—the first gravedigger in the play.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
One relates the tale of her gravediggers, who carry the secret of her true burial place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
In a secluded area of La Esperanza cemetery in La Guaira, gravediggers buried more than 150 bodies still unidentified since the earthquakes, AFP journalists saw.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
Deputy Mayor of Freetown Kweku Lisk told the BBC that his office had requested security from the police in order to tackle gravediggers.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2024
Berger, who lost 20 kilograms to see the chamber himself, believes the stones show ancient gravediggers excavated the pit, digging up dirt and stones, setting them aside, and then using them to cover the body.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 4, 2023
The gravediggers sweated heavily and knew their business and their brogue was Irish.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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