disinterment
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There have been several rounds of disinterment and repatriation at Carlisle in recent years.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
I knew this is where I wanted to start — travelling back to Colombia and going through the motions of the disinterment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2022
Janis enlists Arturo, whose expertise is in that field, to help navigate the bureaucracy, and if successful, oversee the disinterment and identification of bodies.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2022
One was from a disinterment at the cemetery.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2021
All the toads in the smaller cells of the sandstone block were dead, and from the progress of decomposition it was inferred that they had succumbed long before the date of disinterment.
From Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky by Holden, Edward Singleton
The cemetery is open only for visits and is no longer licensed to perform burials or disinterments, according to the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau, the state’s regulatory agency,
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2025
Health Department streamlined the removal of their remains by issuing a single permit for all the disinterments.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 17, 2021
Under normal circumstances, Hart Island averages 1,200 burials a year and between 30 and 40 disinterments.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2020
That cemetery, he said, has seen two disinterments, two exhumations and two reburials in which remains became commingled.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 2, 2018
Our most skilful delver into dramatic history, amidst his curious masses of disinterments, has brought up this proclamation.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
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