as in unearthing
to remove from place of burial
the remains of John Paul Jones were exhumed in Paris and transported with great ceremony to the U.S. Naval Academy
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Recent Examples of exhuming
His hand dove for his pocket, fishing out his wallet, exhuming cards — credit, debit, whatever — and punching their digits into his favorite betting apps.
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Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
Police in 2023 uncovered hundreds of bodies buried in a forest in Kenya’s coastal Kilifi region, exhuming mass graves tied to a religious leader accused of starving his followers to death.
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Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
29 Mar. 2026
Over the last 56 years, investigators have continued to investigate, including exhuming the body in June 2022 to collect DNA.
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Michael Guise,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
In 2021, Carolyn Dunn Moudy was identified as the woman whose body Davie Police found floating in a canal in 1975 after exhuming her body from Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens cemetery in Davie in 2019.
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Angie Dimichele,
Sun Sentinel,
19 Jan. 2026
Gein admitted to exhuming the corpses and using the skin to recreate and become his mother, who died of a stroke in 1945.
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Nicole Acosta,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
Work began on exhuming the remains of thousands of Poles killed by Ukrainian nationalists during World War II.
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The Christian Science Monitor,
Christian Science Monitor,
29 Apr. 2025
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
Police in 2023 uncovered hundreds of bodies buried in a forest in Kenya’s coastal Kilifi region, exhuming mass graves tied to a religious leader accused of starving his followers to death.
—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
29 Mar. 2026
Over the last 56 years, investigators have continued to investigate, including exhuming the body in June 2022 to collect DNA.
—
Michael Guise,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
In 2021, Carolyn Dunn Moudy was identified as the woman whose body Davie Police found floating in a canal in 1975 after exhuming her body from Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens cemetery in Davie in 2019.
—
Angie Dimichele,
Sun Sentinel,
19 Jan. 2026
Gein admitted to exhuming the corpses and using the skin to recreate and become his mother, who died of a stroke in 1945.
—
Nicole Acosta,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
Work began on exhuming the remains of thousands of Poles killed by Ukrainian nationalists during World War II.
—
The Christian Science Monitor,
Christian Science Monitor,
29 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exhuming
unearthing
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In order to shape the world of the film, which is set in the 1990s, Bayrak delved into her family archive for inspiration, unearthing old photos and letters to recreate the mood of the time.
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Regardless, Pompeii stands among the strongest reminders that archaeologists are unearthing the past and its people, each of whom had hopes, dreams, and—particularly evident in this case—fears.
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“Exhuming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhuming. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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