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Recent Examples of corpsesBut Holmes was later resurrected—his creator needed some fast cash, yes, but Britain wanted for good crime-solvers, to go by the glut of corpses and killers in Sleuth-hound.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
22 Sep. 2026 Stellar mass black holes are basically the corpses of dead stars.—
David Brooks,
The Atlantic,
20 Sep. 2026 Three roach corpses lay in the kitchen at the dishwashing area.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
18 Sep. 2026 There are cases of Jewish corpses being abused on their way to the cemetery; and even one instance of a father watching as his son was stabbed to death in the street.—Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2026 Homecoming aside, there’s still the Trawler to worry about, a fact we’re reminded of when another victim turns up on a playground, this time with a pentagram carved into his back and fish corpses shoved into his wounds.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
27 Aug. 2026 This is not the first time that objects – and even corpses – have been uncovered due to melting ice.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
27 Aug. 2026 And just over a year after that, the Morgans landed back in the news after authorities found 56 decomposing corpses inside another one of their businesses, South Deering’s South Chicago Chapel.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Aug. 2026 Gein murdered at least two women, as well as illegally exhumed and mutilated multiple corpses, in the 1940s and 1950s.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corpses
carcasses
Noun
For instance, the Department of Natural Resources submitted a rule for legislative approval that sets up containment areas and disposes of carcasses for diseased animals.
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CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Sep. 2026
Poisoning or trapping only releases the fungus from carcasses.
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Susanne Rust
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Los Angeles Times,
24 Sep. 2026