as in to reinter
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Recent Examples of rebury
Israel denies wrongdoing but acknowledges exhuming bodies that had already been buried, then reburying them, in its search for hostages taken captive into Gaza during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks.
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Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2024
In 2023, a new state law was passed at the urging of the museum to remove potential barriers to repatriation and allow land to be set aside for reburying the ancestral remains of Native Americans.
—Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, 2 Feb. 2024
Sometimes squirrels will even excavate and then rebury their nuts.
—Emma Bryce, Scientific American, 20 Nov. 2023
In 2000, the association began a nationwide effort to disinter and rebury the bodies.
—Victor Pérez-Díaz, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2013
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Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2024
In 2023, a new state law was passed at the urging of the museum to remove potential barriers to repatriation and allow land to be set aside for reburying the ancestral remains of Native Americans.
—Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, 2 Feb. 2024
Sometimes squirrels will even excavate and then rebury their nuts.
—Emma Bryce, Scientific American, 20 Nov. 2023
In 2000, the association began a nationwide effort to disinter and rebury the bodies.
—Victor Pérez-Díaz, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2013
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rebury
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Ever since 2008, a group of residents here has been searching for a place to build a memorial and reinter the remains of African Americans whose nearby burial ground was taken over by municipal projects.—
Jane Margolies,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2022
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Reburials are delayed while the state has yet to distribute money necessary to fix the cemeteries and reinter them in new graves.—
Longreads,
Longreads,
9 Mar. 2022
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Silvery fabric curtained the frame around him, floating loosely in the cold, dusty air.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
28 July 2025
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As for decor, these Kelly Clarkson curtains with their lace details bring a romantic and nostalgic feel to any room.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
25 July 2025
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These kinds of pyroclastic volcanic eruptions could have conceivably cloaked and preserved ancient organics as well.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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By the 1990s, companies began a media blitz that carried on into the early 2000s, publishing advertisements cloaked as editorials in major newspapers.—
Simmone Shah,
Time,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Rebury.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebury. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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