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Recent Examples of exhumed
After the end of the war, an American Graves Registration Command Search and Recovery Team exhumed a mass grave in the area, recovering 311 bodies, but the remains could not be identified at the time.
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Dan Raby, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
The bodies were exhumed from mass graves linked to a religious leader who starved his followers to death.
—ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
But what was served up were stale, pale sketches that seemed to have been exhumed from some old codger’s book of gags from 19 bloody 50!
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2026
His body was later exhumed, and a second autopsy was performed.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026
In 2018, investigators exhumed his remains and matched his DNA to several unsolved cases.
—Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 27 Feb. 2026
The body of Sophie Narme is being exhumed.
—Gaby Wood, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2026
Where Foucault exhumed a hidden historical archive, Wiseman created a new one, in real time.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2026
In 2007, the sheriff’s department re-examined the case and exhumed Summerfield Jane Doe’s body.
—Audrey Abrahams, NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026
Dan Raby, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
The bodies were exhumed from mass graves linked to a religious leader who starved his followers to death.
—ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
But what was served up were stale, pale sketches that seemed to have been exhumed from some old codger’s book of gags from 19 bloody 50!
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2026
His body was later exhumed, and a second autopsy was performed.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026
In 2018, investigators exhumed his remains and matched his DNA to several unsolved cases.
—Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 27 Feb. 2026
The body of Sophie Narme is being exhumed.
—Gaby Wood, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2026
Where Foucault exhumed a hidden historical archive, Wiseman created a new one, in real time.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2026
In 2007, the sheriff’s department re-examined the case and exhumed Summerfield Jane Doe’s body.
—Audrey Abrahams, NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exhumed
unearthed
Verb
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In the Judean desert, a complex past is being unearthed into a complicated present.—
Seth Doane,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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But the tribe’s issues with it began in October, when crews first unearthed ancient artifacts there.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Exhumed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhumed. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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