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Recent Examples of exhume
His decision to exhume skeletons in late January 1968 proved his undoing as a prison superintendent.
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Arkansas Online, 27 Dec. 2025
His body was exhumed about 12 years after his death.
—Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
But when the town exhumes the body of the real Sadie Hawkins to unravel the truth behind her killing spree fifty years earlier, a malevolent force returns to the town.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 3 Dec. 2025
In order to find out, authorities would have to exhume him for testing.
—Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 26 Nov. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 27 Dec. 2025
His body was exhumed about 12 years after his death.
—Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
But when the town exhumes the body of the real Sadie Hawkins to unravel the truth behind her killing spree fifty years earlier, a malevolent force returns to the town.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 3 Dec. 2025
In order to find out, authorities would have to exhume him for testing.
—Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 26 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exhume
unearth
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The remnants of a 19th-century shipwreck have been unearthed on the beach at a New Jersey state park.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
23 Jan. 2026
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For Patterson, getting the best out of his defenders never proved to be a problem at TCU, where he was known for unearthing underrated prospects.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Exhume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhume. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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