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the historic cemetery's many tombstones marking the graves of children are telling reminders of the harshness of pioneer life
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Horowitz’s knock is the scrape of the chisel on your tombstone.
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Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
The artifact is often referred to as the black marble knight’s tombstone.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
Someone’s left what looks like fan art featuring the character on her tombstone, which is low to the ground and modest by Mickey Rooney standards but is nevertheless emblazoned with a sketch of Nurmi in her signature black mermaid dress.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 12 July 2024
There are lots of tombstones of great tech companies that don’t reinvent themselves.
—Alex Heath, The Verge, 6 Dec. 2024
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Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
The artifact is often referred to as the black marble knight’s tombstone.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
Someone’s left what looks like fan art featuring the character on her tombstone, which is low to the ground and modest by Mickey Rooney standards but is nevertheless emblazoned with a sketch of Nurmi in her signature black mermaid dress.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 12 July 2024
There are lots of tombstones of great tech companies that don’t reinvent themselves.
—Alex Heath, The Verge, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Tombstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tombstone. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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tombstone
noun
tomb·stone
ˈtüm-ˌstōn 
Geographical Definition
Tombstone
geographical name
Tomb·stone
ˈtüm-ˌstōn
city in the southeastern corner of Arizona population 1380
Note: Tombstone was site of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1881.
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