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exhumation
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Her family held a private service for the exhumation.—
Cheryl Fiandaca,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026 -
His 2019 Broadway revival of Oklahoma turned a show beloved as a celebration of the bright, enterprising nature of the American spirit into a menacing exhumation of the nation’s instinct toward self-mythologizing intolerance.—
Talya Zax,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Disinterment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinterment. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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