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Recent Examples of corpse
Ridley's older sister, 55-year-old Bernadette Ridley, is being charged with abuse of corpse, tampering and related offenses.
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Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 28 May 2026
One union was sealed by Satanic rite, alongside a pit of corpses.
—Judy Berman, Time, 27 May 2026
The Medical Services Directorate managed the network of military hospitals used to house detainees, process corpses, and record deaths.
—Amer Matar, The Dial, 26 May 2026
The two of them had been convicted of murdering their master, John Clapham, whose headless corpse was found floating in the river.
—Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
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Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 28 May 2026
One union was sealed by Satanic rite, alongside a pit of corpses.
—Judy Berman, Time, 27 May 2026
The Medical Services Directorate managed the network of military hospitals used to house detainees, process corpses, and record deaths.
—Amer Matar, The Dial, 26 May 2026
The two of them had been convicted of murdering their master, John Clapham, whose headless corpse was found floating in the river.
—Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for corpse
Noun
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Before then, shark researchers knew dusky sharks were scavengers because whale carcasses had been found in their stomachs.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
1 June 2026
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One senior executive received both a bloody pig carcass and photos of his family’s beach house in the mail.—
Isaac Butler,
New Yorker,
30 May 2026
Noun
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Buchanan said the search was significantly delayed by weather, including a stretch of seven consecutive days of rain, which prevented the use of cadaver dogs.—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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Ball said authorities searched the charred wreckage late into Thursday night and early Friday morning with drones, cadaver dogs and specialized urban rescue teams, and did not expect to find any more victims.—
JAMIE STENGLE,
Arkansas Online,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Once considered delightfully kitschy relics of suburban Americana, porch geese are waddling their way back into the spotlight.—
Wendy Rose Gould,
Martha Stewart,
29 May 2026
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The 700-year-old circular Bellver Castle is an architectural gem, briefly used as royal residence, mostly as a ghastly political and military prison over six centuries, and now a museum of Roman and other relics.—
Norma Meyer,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
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“Corpse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corpse. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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