exhume
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Breaking for health tests, Ruci stayed there until October 7, when judicial authorities agreed to exhume his son's body for toxicology tests.
From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025
Yet commonalities remain: One remedy for vampirism, found on several continents, was to exhume the undead corpse and to drink what was left of its blood.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025
She informs Pozner that the only way she’ll believe him is if he agrees to exhume Noah’s body.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2024
Wade’s family members and attorneys won the right to exhume his body Monday, but they did not get to see the exhumation because it took place hours before county officials said it would.
From Washington Times • Nov. 16, 2023
Shady could get almost nothing to exhume an almost- unknown pile of rocks on the coast.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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