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Recent Examples of corpse
Square-jawed detectives were tripping over corpses at midtown construction sites, blind vigilantes were redecorating Hell’s Kitchen with body parts and even poor Lester the doorman ended up dead in an Upper West Side courtyard fountain.
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Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
In one of the most chilling images of the massacre, dozens of corpses executed by the police were lined up on the ground in a public square.
—Evandro Cruz Silva, The Dial, 10 Feb. 2026
Like Victor Frankenstein, who diligently selects body parts from corpses to stitch together his humanoid creation, the Mexican director carefully assembled his troupe of movie magicians.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
The world outside Silo residents have little idea what's outside, because their video feed shows nothing but scrub, dead trees, and the corpses of deceased cleaners — everything else is obscured by the incline strategically placed around the entrance to the bunker.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 7 Feb. 2026
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Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
In one of the most chilling images of the massacre, dozens of corpses executed by the police were lined up on the ground in a public square.
—Evandro Cruz Silva, The Dial, 10 Feb. 2026
Like Victor Frankenstein, who diligently selects body parts from corpses to stitch together his humanoid creation, the Mexican director carefully assembled his troupe of movie magicians.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
The world outside Silo residents have little idea what's outside, because their video feed shows nothing but scrub, dead trees, and the corpses of deceased cleaners — everything else is obscured by the incline strategically placed around the entrance to the bunker.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 7 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for corpse
Noun
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Jamieson expects other Antarctic sharks live at the same depth, feeding on the carcasses of whales, giant squids and other marine creatures that die and sink to the bottom.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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Next to it, an 11-foot-tall video screen displays recently shot footage of the elder dire wolves, Romulus and Remus, which are now nearly 16 months old and recently got to dine on their first deer carcass.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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On the health care side, students use a $40,000 digital anatomy table that displays the virtual image of a real cadaver to study bones, nerves and organs in layers.—
Wilborn P. Nobles III,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Four snake around his left knee, remnants of the torn ACL, torn MCL and torn lateral meniscus in 2013 that required four surgeries, a cartilage transplant from a cadaver and 17 months off snow.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
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But those relics of history paled in comparison to the ambience — and opulence — of the Forest Theater.—
Uwa Ede-Osifo,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Their professional norms – editorial gatekeeping, standards for sourcing, verification of facts – are not bureaucratic relics.—
Charles Edward Gehrke,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Corpse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corpse. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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