graveyard
noun
grave·yard
ˈgrāv-ˌyärd 
1
: cemetery
2
: something resembling a graveyard
an automobile graveyard
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reflecting the Quaker avoidance of personal vanity, the graveyard is not marked by so much as a single headstone
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In the inner and outer fortress, a mix of all three types of graves dot the area; there’s no defined graveyard to separate the dwellings of the dead from those of the living.
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Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025
The teaser also sees the return of Modern Family star Julie Bowen as public relations head Virginia Venit, who is also Happy's love interest, and ends with a graveyard face-off between Happy and his old rival Shooter McGavin (Christopher McDonald).
—Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 25 Dec. 2024
But there is also some humor, albeit of the graveyard variety.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
There’s a creepy hitchhiker, a girl who becomes impaled by a meat hook, and graveyard vandalism, all told in a grainy, documentary style (including a series of unsettling radio reports and opening narration).
—Sydney Bishop, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
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Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025
The teaser also sees the return of Modern Family star Julie Bowen as public relations head Virginia Venit, who is also Happy's love interest, and ends with a graveyard face-off between Happy and his old rival Shooter McGavin (Christopher McDonald).
—Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 25 Dec. 2024
But there is also some humor, albeit of the graveyard variety.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
There’s a creepy hitchhiker, a girl who becomes impaled by a meat hook, and graveyard vandalism, all told in a grainy, documentary style (including a series of unsettling radio reports and opening narration).
—Sydney Bishop, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Graveyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/graveyard. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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