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Recent Examples of corpse
Snelling was charged with tampering with physical evidence, concealing the birth of an infant and abuse of a corpse.
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Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
His digits, his body, his very skin remind him of Nazis, and of American troops posing with the corpses of Vietnamese victims.
—Rebecca Van Laer
september 30, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
The vengeful, eponymous matriarch, played by German actress Maja Tervooren (Maren Eggert), has killed her children and attempts to present their bloodied corpses to her husband Jason, embodied fiercely by French-Senegalese star Nourou Cissokho (Jean-Christophe Folly).
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 28 Sep. 2025
Brady’s troop of photographers appear to have sometimes moved corpses to compose a better shot.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
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Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
His digits, his body, his very skin remind him of Nazis, and of American troops posing with the corpses of Vietnamese victims.
—Rebecca Van Laer
september 30, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
The vengeful, eponymous matriarch, played by German actress Maja Tervooren (Maren Eggert), has killed her children and attempts to present their bloodied corpses to her husband Jason, embodied fiercely by French-Senegalese star Nourou Cissokho (Jean-Christophe Folly).
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 28 Sep. 2025
Brady’s troop of photographers appear to have sometimes moved corpses to compose a better shot.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for corpse
Noun
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But a lot of risk in eating a rotting carcass that has sat in the sun a day too long.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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Mickey picked the carcass up by the tail, Kelly clapping and rushing forward.—
David Wright Faladé,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Olsen’s dental team also had to rebuild her jawbone with cadaver bone grafts, wire her jaw shut, remove broken teeth, and stabilize ones that became loose.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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Drones, a swift water team, cadaver dogs and even GoPros were used in the Cascade Mountain range outside the city of Leavenworth, a rural area known for its wild beauty and treacherous terrain.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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These relics may contain explosives like TNT, chemical remnants, and even nuclear material.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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While the 1972 London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution put an end to the legal dumping of unused explosive munitions in the sea, these relics now provide a rich area of study for marine biologists, offering a real-world look at how animals adapt to habitat disturbances.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Corpse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corpse. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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