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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.
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Andy Swift, TVLine, 1 May 2025
Decades later, the remains were exhumed when the case was reopened in July 2023, deputies said.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2025
The remains were exhumed in September 2023 and transferred to the DPAA laboratory.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, Atkinson’s first head coaching gig was exhuming the Brooklyn Nets from the bottom of the East River.
—Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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Andy Swift, TVLine, 1 May 2025
Decades later, the remains were exhumed when the case was reopened in July 2023, deputies said.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2025
The remains were exhumed in September 2023 and transferred to the DPAA laboratory.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, Atkinson’s first head coaching gig was exhuming the Brooklyn Nets from the bottom of the East River.
—Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exhume
unearth
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In April, a University of Pennsylvania professor spoke with Fox News Digital about unearthing the tomb of an unknown pharaoh near Abydos.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
5 June 2025
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In Xianyang, China, on the banks of the Weihe River, the remains of ancient homes have been unearthed for the first time in thousands of years.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
5 June 2025
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“Exhume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhume. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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