reburying

verb

present participle of rebury
as in reinterring

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  1. shrouding
  2. cloaking
  3. shielding
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  • Congressional leaders, wired to protect their own and afraid of upsetting their narrow margins, are famous for shrouding ethics investigations in secrecy and dragging them out for years.
    — Mary Ellen Klas, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Advertisement Israel has bombed oil depots in Tehran, shrouding the city in toxic black smoke, and attacked Iran’s South Pars gas field.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 1 Apr. 2026
Definition of shrouding
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  • Athena is like Odysseus’s overbearing coach, offering hints about what’s going to happen in the future, egging him on, and occasionally cloaking him in disguises.
    — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
  • Props, too, to director of photography Tyson Perkins for cloaking it with moody shadows that fosters its creepy feel.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 18 June 2026
Definition of cloaking
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  • The hydrating formula moisturizes the skin while shielding it from the sun, too.
    — Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2026
  • Mayor Karen Bass’ press relations office communicates through WhatsApp messages that auto-delete every 24 hours, potentially shielding the messages from public records requests, according to three sources familiar with the office.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of shielding
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“Reburying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reburying. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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