disinterment
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disinterments
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“The Army currently plans to conduct the disinterment of Amos this September and the required Federal Register Notice will be published in the next 60 days,” according to the statement.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
The remaining caskets stayed buried, however, until 2015 when the Deputy Secretary of Defense authorized the disinterment of all unknown remains from the ship.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 21, 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
As The Washington Post reported in May, Chabrol’s disinterment has been the objective of a veteran-led movement for several years.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 28, 2022
The jury found all the defendants not guilty of the charge of conspiracy, but they pronounced Davies and Blundell guilty of possession of the body, with knowledge of the illegal disinterment.
From The Diary of a Resurrectionist, 1811-1812 To Which Are Added an Account of the Resurrection Men in London and a Short History of the Passing of the Anatomy Act by James Blake Bailey
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 Isaac Disraeli
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