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Recent Examples of corpse
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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Footage shows hikers thrashing through swarms of thumbnail-sized bugs, with one person engulfed by the black-winged creatures and another scooping thousands of tiny carcasses from the trail.—
Laura Sharman,
CNN Money,
4 July 2025
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In a recent public hearing, Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff confirmed that 15 livestock losses formed the basis of a large compensation claim, but didn’t clarify how many occurred before the producer implemented basic deterrents, like burying an open carcass pit.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
3 July 2025
Noun
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Additionally, officers have started using cadaver dogs to search for Decker, the department previously confirmed to Fox News Digital.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2025
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Despite extensive searches involving local and federal agencies, including the deployment of cadaver dogs and aerial surveillance, Decker has not been located.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
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“Corpse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corpse. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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