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Recent Examples of disinter
Houston wanted to have Jennie disinterred and reburied at the family plot.
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Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2024
Conceal a human corpse knowing it to be illegally disinterred.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Mar. 2024
Before Orion could disinter his fawn, though, he’d been run off by a bear.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
The Department of Defense had undertaken the arduous task of disinterring and sorting through the commingled skeletons.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
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Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2024
Conceal a human corpse knowing it to be illegally disinterred.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Mar. 2024
Before Orion could disinter his fawn, though, he’d been run off by a bear.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
The Department of Defense had undertaken the arduous task of disinterring and sorting through the commingled skeletons.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Disinter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinter. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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