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Recent Examples of corpses
The vengeful, eponymous matriarch, played by German actress Maja Tervooren (Maren Eggert), has killed her children and attempts to present their bloodied corpses to her husband Jason, embodied fiercely by French-Senegalese star Nourou Cissokho (Jean-Christophe Folly).
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 28 Sep. 2025
Brady’s troop of photographers appear to have sometimes moved corpses to compose a better shot.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
The stars will all burn out; the corpses of these stars will radiate all their heat away and cool to absolute zero; the stellar remnants will gravitationally interact, ejecting the majority of objects into intergalactic space, while the few remaining black holes grow to enormous sizes.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
Earlier this month, images circulated on social media showing corpses lying face down on the ground and people being evacuated in a vehicle after a suicide drone was launched.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
There are also three other women from the group home who are in the medical field and have access to the men’s corpses.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 21 Sep. 2025
But something is definitely afoul; the corpses of pilgrims wound in silk clutter the hollows and even the ones that still live are either sad or flat-out nuts.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
Oh, and also the multiple corpses that may or may not be buried outside their pop-up restaurant — also quite stressful!
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
Emin Sansar—Anadolu via Getty Images Advertisement Then the documents that our team discovered at Sednaya show what happened to the corpses of the victims.
—Robin Yassin-Kassab, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 28 Sep. 2025
Brady’s troop of photographers appear to have sometimes moved corpses to compose a better shot.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
The stars will all burn out; the corpses of these stars will radiate all their heat away and cool to absolute zero; the stellar remnants will gravitationally interact, ejecting the majority of objects into intergalactic space, while the few remaining black holes grow to enormous sizes.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
Earlier this month, images circulated on social media showing corpses lying face down on the ground and people being evacuated in a vehicle after a suicide drone was launched.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
There are also three other women from the group home who are in the medical field and have access to the men’s corpses.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 21 Sep. 2025
But something is definitely afoul; the corpses of pilgrims wound in silk clutter the hollows and even the ones that still live are either sad or flat-out nuts.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
Oh, and also the multiple corpses that may or may not be buried outside their pop-up restaurant — also quite stressful!
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
Emin Sansar—Anadolu via Getty Images Advertisement Then the documents that our team discovered at Sednaya show what happened to the corpses of the victims.
—Robin Yassin-Kassab, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corpses
carcasses
Noun
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Do not even think of bringing home any carcasses.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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Deer carcasses and parts should go directly to a landfill or be disposed of through your regular bagged trash pickup.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Corpses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corpses. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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