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Recent Examples of corpseNikolai Gogol’s will specified that his corpse must show visible signs of putrefaction before burial.—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025 Gein only admitted to the killing of two women, Worden and Mary Hogan, and stealing corpses from graves.—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 6 Oct. 2025 In the world of Monster, a person who takes lives and desecrates corpses might someday be capable of redemption.—Judy Berman, Time, 6 Oct. 2025 Ed Gein, who became infamous for crimes committed in rural Plainfield, Wisconsin, admitted to the killing of two women and stealing corpses from graves.—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for corpse
Other than Hogan and Worden, Gein’s subjects were all exhumed cadavers, though he is suspected to have been involved in the disappearance of additional women and girls from the area.
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Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
Eventually, the search measures would include drones, helicopters, boats, cadaver dogs, and volunteer teams, but none turned up any trace of Jon, according to Sheriff King.
It was born with the same temperature everywhere, it was born spatially flat, and it was born in such a way that those non-existent high-energy relics were forbidden.
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Big Think,
Big Think,
14 Oct. 2025
Edge grew up surrounded by Civil War folklore and relics.
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