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Recent Examples of exhume
The team likewise found no evidence that the body had ever been buried and exhumed, Nerlich added.
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Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
When Leah allows Athena to exhume her son’s grave, however, the truth comes out — there’s no body in the casket because there was nothing left to bury after the fire, a fact that Leah’s brother and husband apparently chose to keep from her.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 1 May 2025
Decades later, the remains were exhumed when the case was reopened in July 2023, deputies said.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2025
The remains were exhumed in September 2023 and transferred to the DPAA laboratory.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2025
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Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
When Leah allows Athena to exhume her son’s grave, however, the truth comes out — there’s no body in the casket because there was nothing left to bury after the fire, a fact that Leah’s brother and husband apparently chose to keep from her.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 1 May 2025
Decades later, the remains were exhumed when the case was reopened in July 2023, deputies said.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2025
The remains were exhumed in September 2023 and transferred to the DPAA laboratory.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exhume
unearth
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The significance of the plaster pieces was not immediately apparent when they were first unearthed at a site in Southwark.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
19 June 2025
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Archaeologists at William & Mary University in Virginia unearthed a piece of American history tied to the oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2025
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“Exhume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhume. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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