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Recent Examples of rebury
Climate change is altering the length of days on Earth, according to new research
The rivers are also reburying a considerable amount of mercury, leading the researchers to emphasize the importance of understanding both the erosion and reburial processes.
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2024
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.
—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
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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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2024
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.
—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
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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Hang curtains wider and higher with enough fullness to achieve a designer look.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
19 Jan. 2026
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Mock suggests cleaning shower curtains monthly by placing them in the washer with a large towel and a small dose of laundry detergent.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
6 Jan. 2026
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Three months after fracturing his right ankle, Warner did a couple of 10- to 20-yard sprints with a resistance band around his waist, while cloaked in a hoodie and sunglasses with head trainer Dustin Perry videotaping his every move.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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One of the protesters cloaked himself in an American flag.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Rebury.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebury. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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