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Recent Examples of carcass
In that video, the influencer appears to come across what is seemingly the carcass of an alligator floating in the water and shoots it repeatedly.
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Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
An aerial survey team notified AMSEAS on Wednesday after spotting the carcass floating about 15 miles offshore of Long Island.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
Anacapa Island, for instance, has no services aside from some primitive campsites, a lighthouse and limited hiking options, but is also a major seabird rookery from April to August, which translates to lots of bird poop, noise, bird carcasses and territorial bird behavior.
—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2026
Our fearless hunting party hears another gunshot, and all eyes land on Captain Cunningham standing over a bear carcass.
—Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Mar. 2026
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Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
An aerial survey team notified AMSEAS on Wednesday after spotting the carcass floating about 15 miles offshore of Long Island.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
Anacapa Island, for instance, has no services aside from some primitive campsites, a lighthouse and limited hiking options, but is also a major seabird rookery from April to August, which translates to lots of bird poop, noise, bird carcasses and territorial bird behavior.
—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2026
Our fearless hunting party hears another gunshot, and all eyes land on Captain Cunningham standing over a bear carcass.
—Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carcass
corpse
Noun
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The following month, a hit squad, reportedly acting on bin Salman’s orders, strangled Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post journalist who had been critical of the regime, and used a bone saw to dismember his corpse.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Organized crime exercises de facto control over vast swaths of the country, where the discovery of clandestine graves is commonplace, and thousands of corpses remain unidentified in morgues and public cemeteries.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Carcass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carcass. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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