corpses

plural of corpse
as in carcasses
a dead body the startling discovery of a corpse required a call to the police

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Recent Examples of corpses 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 The village’s daily rhythms are ordered by the passing trains—until a train arrives from Pakistan loaded with the corpses of Sikh refugees, and the community is made to cremate the dead. Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026 Of course, corpses don’t really look like Madeline did, after she’d been made up. John Semley, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026 Ill winds, however, force his return all too soon — as one of many corpses washed ashore from a shipwreck. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 26 July 2026 Morgues were at capacity, so corpses had been laid in a parking lot, then moved to a seaport, where the stench of death hung heavy. Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 Kathleen insists that Lukas was likely incinerated, along with all of the other corpses that piled up in the Down Deep during the rebellion. Noel Murray, Vulture, 17 July 2026 Rogan suggested that his guest should hurry up with Iran-war negotiations and get on with the real business of the government, such as finding out whether the government is secretly hoarding extraterrestrial corpses. Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
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carcasses
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  • Though researchers have observed evidence of humans hunting large megafauna in later periods, the discovery suggests that early humans processed elephant carcasses more systematically.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2026
  • This spring, three blue whale carcasses washed up on the Newfoundland shore, spurring a panic about whale explosions.
    Naomi Skwarna, hazlitt.net, 13 Aug. 2026

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“Corpses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corpses. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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