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Recent Examples of exhume
Earlier attempts to exhume the site were stopped because Jewish law forbids disturbing the dead.
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Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 22 July 2025
Her body was later exhumed after his next wife’s children went missing.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 16 July 2025
In 2017, unidentified remains were exhumed from a Buna Village Cemetery, and sent to a lab for review and analysis.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 16 July 2025
Once all the human remains are exposed, photographs and data will be collected before the remains are exhumed and sent to Indiana University Indianapolis for analysis.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
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Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 22 July 2025
Her body was later exhumed after his next wife’s children went missing.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 16 July 2025
In 2017, unidentified remains were exhumed from a Buna Village Cemetery, and sent to a lab for review and analysis.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 16 July 2025
Once all the human remains are exposed, photographs and data will be collected before the remains are exhumed and sent to Indiana University Indianapolis for analysis.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exhume
unearth
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Memos unearthed from Biden’s term show his aides wanted the president to personally sign pardon decisions and advised against using the autopen on clemency decisions.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Sep. 2025
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About four decades ago, archaeologists unearthed Roman military structures in Aegerten.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Exhume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhume. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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