rebury
Americanverb (used with object)
Example Sentences
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"A gravedigger had to come over and use water from his lunch to clean the gravestone before we could rebury him."
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2024
The group decided to rebury the remains at Eden Cemetery.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2024
Before bodies were interred, Qudrah said, the ministry would collect forensic samples so families can track them later and rebury them properly.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2023
Many relatives, he explained, want to find their loved ones and rebury them because “their dignity was stolen.”
From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2023
I rebury my hands in my locks, which, instead of a highly-cultivated garden, I am rapidly making into a wilderness.
From Nancy by Broughton, Rhoda
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