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
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
Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
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unearthing
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The Norwegian director Joachim Trier, best known for his Oslo trilogy (including the Oscar-nominated The Worst Person in the World, also starring Reinsve), is remarkably adept at unearthing universal truths from hyperspecific characters.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
20 Sep. 2025
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One researcher claimed authorities could have foiled the attack by unearthing connections between hijackers through public information in databases.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Exhuming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhuming. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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