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gravestones

  • plural
    of gravestone.
    gravestone
    noun
    a stone marking a grave, usually giving the name, date of death, etc., of the person buried there.

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A ragtag online group, the “Grave Marker Recovery Team,” hunts down gravestones that have been stolen, typically to sell at antique shows as accents for upscale decorating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026

As night falls, the bat hunters make their way amongst the gravestones of Guestwick Church in Norfolk.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025

Guiding everyone is the show’s host and relationship guru Mark L. Walberg, whose disconcertingly white smile doubles as a line of gravestones for all the ailing relationships his show has mercy killed.

From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2025

The sun was beating down on me so hard that I felt like I was about to faint on the gravestones.

From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2024

The moon shone brilliantly on the sodden grass, the mossy gravestones, the crumbling mausoleum, the figures in their hideous embrace between the columns.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman