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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  • Google also says attackers use cloaking to show its advertising review systems different content from what people actually see.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • And because the technology is baked into the fiber, the sweat-cloaking performance lasts through numerous wear and wash cycles.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of cloaking
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  • Hundreds of protesters shielding the tent camp were dispersed by police using shields and some baton charges, the Reuters news agency reported.
    — Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Wakefield died a hero, shielding his infant son from Davis’ gun, the family said.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of shielding
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