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Recent Examples of rebury
Beginning Tuesday morning, the Prairie Island Indian Community held ceremonies to rebury the remains of 59 people and almost 500 sacred items.
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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
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.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2024
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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
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.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 17 Aug. 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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Wash curtains every three to six months to prevent dust, grime, and odors from building up.—
Shagun Khare,
The Spruce,
29 Apr. 2026
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Hidden away in the dark, mossy folds of the gorge are dozens of waterfalls that curtain the hillsides after spring rains.—
Jordan Charbonneau,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Apr. 2026
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Videos show families fleeing their homes early in the morning Sunday – on Mother’s Day – cloaked by darkness with nothing more than backpacks.—
Megan Janetsky,
Fortune,
10 May 2026
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One Swiss friend recalled sailing the Ionian Sea as a young man and seeing the country cloaked in darkness (swaths of Albania remained without electricity into the 1970s).—
Ada Calhoun,
Travel + Leisure,
7 May 2026
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“Rebury.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebury. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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