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In early 2023, five more corpses were found, all men, who had gone missing after being out with friends on Rainy Street late at night.
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Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
Best Performance As a Corpse And no, simply dying and then disappearing offstage does not count — a corpse lingers.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 6 June 2025
However, a giant, grotesque monster burst through the door, toward the corpse.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 11 June 2025
Over time, as the powder solidified and the corpses decomposed, mass graves in the form of random white hills became a fixture of this landscape.
—Amir Ahmadi Arian, The Dial, 10 June 2025
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Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
Best Performance As a Corpse And no, simply dying and then disappearing offstage does not count — a corpse lingers.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 6 June 2025
However, a giant, grotesque monster burst through the door, toward the corpse.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 11 June 2025
Over time, as the powder solidified and the corpses decomposed, mass graves in the form of random white hills became a fixture of this landscape.
—Amir Ahmadi Arian, The Dial, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for corpse
Noun
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As nature’s clean-up crew, these creatures quickly and efficiently dispose of unsightly, smelly and disease-causing carcasses—without charging a dime.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 June 2025
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While checking trail cameras from the Owl Mountains, wildlife officials found a photo of a large Eurasian griffon vulture standing next to a dead animal carcass, the Regional Directorate of State Forests in Wrocław said in a June 13 Facebook post.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2025
Noun
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Officials used cadaver dogs to uncover Adams’ remains.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee,
Kansas City Star,
3 June 2025
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In a few other cases, it was acquired by people who used products — such as growth hormone, or who received corneal transplants — derived, inadvertently, from infected cadavers.—
Susanne Rust,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Corpse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corpse. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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