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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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  • 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
  • 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
Definition of cloaking
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  • The janitor squinted into the distance, shielding her eyes from the sun with a hand.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The researchers found shielding the diseased Pink1 flies from Earth's magnetic field increased their lifespan by around 20%.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of shielding
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“Reburying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reburying. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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