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Recent Examples of exhume
The detective is at a cemetery, where the police are exhuming a casket.
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Matt Cabral, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2025
In September 2006, Cawthon -- in collaboration with police -- was able to get Kari's body exhumed, and an autopsy was conducted.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2025
The team likewise found no evidence that the body had ever been buried and exhumed, Nerlich added.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
When Leah allows Athena to exhume her son’s grave, however, the truth comes out — there’s no body in the casket because there was nothing left to bury after the fire, a fact that Leah’s brother and husband apparently chose to keep from her.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 1 May 2025
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Matt Cabral, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2025
In September 2006, Cawthon -- in collaboration with police -- was able to get Kari's body exhumed, and an autopsy was conducted.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2025
The team likewise found no evidence that the body had ever been buried and exhumed, Nerlich added.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
When Leah allows Athena to exhume her son’s grave, however, the truth comes out — there’s no body in the casket because there was nothing left to bury after the fire, a fact that Leah’s brother and husband apparently chose to keep from her.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exhume
unearth
Verb
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Manske loves to unearth travel joy, beauty, adventure and humor through her articles and camera lens.—
Laura Manske,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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New species of dinosaurs are unearthed or identified relatively frequently, about once a week, said Barrett.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
25 June 2025
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“Exhume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhume. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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