disinter
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Ingrid Rojas Contreras goes on to explore her family’s history as curanderos — South American shamans like her grandfather, whose bones the family decides to disinter in accordance with his spectral request.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2022
Earlier this year, an Arlington official responded, saying the Army did not have the legal authority to disinter Chabrol.
From Washington Post • Jun. 28, 2022
To fully identify graves, remains, and identities, researchers must also gather records, collect oral histories, and possibly disinter bodies — and it's not clear yet if communities will want to take the final painful step.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2022
Banaji also said the agency doesn't plan to disinter the remains and try to identify them because it lacks sufficient documentation.
From Fox News • Aug. 2, 2021
As though he could disinter it by force.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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