disinterred

Example Sentences

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Some reports claimed remains housed there had been disinterred.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

In June 2021, 652 people killed in the Korean War were disinterred and using DNA, dental and anthropological analysis on the human remains, discovered Story’s remains.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2023

The leader of the Falange was disinterred in a private ceremony in presence of his family, away from public scrutiny.

From Washington Times • Apr. 24, 2023

In 2021, the remains were disinterred for testing, and in February of this year, laboratory analysis “and the totality of the circumstantial evidence available” established one set of remains as Carrillo’s, according to the agency.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2023

Like those disinterred dead from his childhood that had been relocated to accommodate a highway.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy