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Recent Examples of carcasses
The conservancy's plan to shoot the deer from the air, using helicopters, was shut down in 2024 after residents voiced concerns of bullets raining down and rotting deer carcasses that would be left behind.
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Julie Sharp, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
The agency said necropsies were completed and the horse carcasses were buried.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Notably, a 2025 study published in Nature Communications observed that baleen whale migration (including gray whales) facilitates the transportation of essential nutrients — from their placenta, carcasses and even their urea — between polar feeding grounds and tropical breeding areas.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Besides being in the right environment, the carcasses also have to avoid becoming a snack for hungry scavengers like birds and hyenas.
—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
The spider doppelgängers are made of prey carcasses, plant debris, and other organic materials.
—Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 19 Jan. 2026
This is illustrated by Oscar’s daily shooting of wild animals whose carcasses are abandoned, left to rot.
—Oline Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2026
The local carcasses may simply be a run-of-the-mill lobster molt.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 7 Jan. 2026
The carcasses would cover the ground as a tempting snack for my two golden retrievers.
—Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2025
Julie Sharp, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
The agency said necropsies were completed and the horse carcasses were buried.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Notably, a 2025 study published in Nature Communications observed that baleen whale migration (including gray whales) facilitates the transportation of essential nutrients — from their placenta, carcasses and even their urea — between polar feeding grounds and tropical breeding areas.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Besides being in the right environment, the carcasses also have to avoid becoming a snack for hungry scavengers like birds and hyenas.
—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
The spider doppelgängers are made of prey carcasses, plant debris, and other organic materials.
—Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 19 Jan. 2026
This is illustrated by Oscar’s daily shooting of wild animals whose carcasses are abandoned, left to rot.
—Oline Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2026
The local carcasses may simply be a run-of-the-mill lobster molt.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 7 Jan. 2026
The carcasses would cover the ground as a tempting snack for my two golden retrievers.
—Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carcasses
corpses
Noun
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From its gridded canopy, in April 1945, the corpses of Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci were hung upside down and then mutilated by a frenzied crowd.—
Rachel Wetzler,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
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When the mouths of wolves fall open, a script of corpses march.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Carcasses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carcasses. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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