as in to reinter
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Recent Examples of rebury
History, spirituality, and the law collide as tribal repatriation specialists fight to return and rebury Indigenous human remains, offering a revealing look at the still-pervasive worldviews that justified collecting them in the first place.
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Dec. 2025
Beginning Tuesday morning, the Prairie Island Indian Community held ceremonies to rebury the remains of 59 people and almost 500 sacred items.
—Melissa Olson, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
Members of the Descendant Community of Milwaukee County Grounds Cemeteries no longer expect to rebury the remains of 831 early Milwaukeeans this year.
—Claire Reid, jsonline.com, 26 Feb. 2025
The team decided to rebury the tracks with fine sand until a detailed excavation was possible.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Dec. 2025
Beginning Tuesday morning, the Prairie Island Indian Community held ceremonies to rebury the remains of 59 people and almost 500 sacred items.
—Melissa Olson, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
Members of the Descendant Community of Milwaukee County Grounds Cemeteries no longer expect to rebury the remains of 831 early Milwaukeeans this year.
—Claire Reid, jsonline.com, 26 Feb. 2025
The team decided to rebury the tracks with fine sand until a detailed excavation was possible.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
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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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No blackout curtains or losing the cues of your outside environment.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
1 June 2026
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Floor-to-ceiling windows let in lots of natural light, the blackout curtains work well, and the beds are both supportive and plush.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 May 2026
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The construction method is still cloaked in mystery.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
3 June 2026
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Among the many Michiganders aghast at this lubrication of a multibillion-dollar corporate initiative cloaked in secrecy was one official with the power to do something about it.—
Andrew Cockburn,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
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