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burial

[ber-ee-uhl] / ˈbɛr i əl /


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The council leader previously promised to cover all costs and meet "any request" the families wanted in regard to reburials.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2024

Land in and around Cal State Long Beach is the sacred ancestral home of the Tongvas’ divine founder and lawgiver, Chingishish, and ancient human remains have been discovered there over the years, occasioning ceremonial reburials.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024

Mr. Saltivskyi defended his role in these reburials, saying he had done nothing wrong.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2022

The counts of Asalto, who are related to Calderón, were present at some of the reburials as representatives of the family.

From The Guardian • Jan. 24, 2021

That cemetery, he said, has seen two disinterments, two exhumations and two reburials in which remains became commingled.

From Washington Times • Jun. 2, 2018




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