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Recent Examples of corpse
One thing that set 28 Days Later apart from other movies in the undead genre was the speed and ferocity that propelled its villains, quite unlike the lumbering corpses in Night of the Living Dead.
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Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 20 June 2025
The scene is absurd to the point of funny—four men in tight quarters with an exposed corpse and yet affably disinterested.
—Diana Arterian
june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
One, set in a natural history museum, involves fossils; there’s a locked room mystery (with a mystery writer for a victim), which delights Patience, an Agatha Christie fan, and there’s a corpse that seemingly walks off a table in the morgue.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
The Denver District Attorney’s Office announced in a Monday, June 9 press release that Miles Harford, 34, received his sentence after pleading guilty in April to one felony count of abuse of a corpse and one misdemeanor count of theft.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 12 June 2025
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Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 20 June 2025
The scene is absurd to the point of funny—four men in tight quarters with an exposed corpse and yet affably disinterested.
—Diana Arterian
june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
One, set in a natural history museum, involves fossils; there’s a locked room mystery (with a mystery writer for a victim), which delights Patience, an Agatha Christie fan, and there’s a corpse that seemingly walks off a table in the morgue.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
The Denver District Attorney’s Office announced in a Monday, June 9 press release that Miles Harford, 34, received his sentence after pleading guilty in April to one felony count of abuse of a corpse and one misdemeanor count of theft.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 12 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 16 Jul. 2025.
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