desecrating
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That finding strengthened the case against the cemetery workers, who were ultimately convicted in 2015 of desecrating human remains.
From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2026
“And we are desecrating our planet, using and abusing her — and she’s done. Women are saying, ‘Enough.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2025
There is no law in Sweden that prohibits desecrating religious texts, but such acts have often provoked tension.
From BBC • May 3, 2024
The company, which is known to mine iron ore, copper, lithium, aluminum and other materials, has previously been accused of desecrating Indigenous lands.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2023
Then she gave me a toss of her head and marched off to the SIM to collect what-ever her charge was for desecrating.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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