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Recent Examples of corpse
Both men are charged with two counts of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, unlawful removal of a dead body and unlawful desecration of a human corpse, according to court records.
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Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Matthew Pahl, 57, was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide and hiding a corpse in connection with the death of Stephanie Pavlons.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
The parents were charged with involuntary manslaughter and abuse of a corpse, police said.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
Some years after defeating Ganon, Link and Zelda stumble across an underground tomb where the decrepit corpse of the villain’s human form, Ganondorf (played again by Critical Role’s Matt Mercer), is imprisoned.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025
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Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Matthew Pahl, 57, was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide and hiding a corpse in connection with the death of Stephanie Pavlons.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
The parents were charged with involuntary manslaughter and abuse of a corpse, police said.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
Some years after defeating Ganon, Link and Zelda stumble across an underground tomb where the decrepit corpse of the villain’s human form, Ganondorf (played again by Critical Role’s Matt Mercer), is imprisoned.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for corpse
Noun
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Grab them from the bottom, and a cloud of fruit flies and stink rises from the carcass turning to mush in your hands.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
31 Oct. 2025
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These areas are under carcass transportation and baiting restrictions to monitor and contain CWD, officials said.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Hours after Dundee’s Professor Iris Grunwald performed the world’s first remote thrombectomy on a human cadaver, another milestone followed.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Nov. 2025
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The coroner’s office confirmed those remains were also human, and a cadaver dog from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was deployed to search the surrounding coastline.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Their jaws dropped at the troves of historic artifacts and country music relics laid out before them.—
Laura L. Davis,
Nashville Tennessean,
10 Nov. 2025
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Explore the relics of the neighborhood that raised the brothers who penned and composed the Black National Anthem, or celebrate the preservation of African heritage at the annual Gullah Geechee Festival.—
Essence,
Essence,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Corpse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corpse. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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