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Recent Examples of corpses
The cemetery has been thrust into the spotlight after a Lancaster County man was accused of harvesting sets of human remains in the middle of the night, hoarding skulls, bones, and corpses, and then offering some of them for sale on his social media accounts.
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Joe Holden, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
The limited number of videos that have emerged show hundreds of corpses strewn across the floors of hospitals and morgues.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 13 Jan. 2026
Video shows corpses outside capital Meanwhile, video circulating online purports to show dozens of bodies in a morgue on the outskirts of Iran’s capital.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
ProPublica and High Country News observed overgrazing in multiple states, including streambeds trampled by cattle, grasslands denuded by grazing and creeks fouled by cow corpses.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 12 Jan. 2026
Still, multiple social media videos, reportedly from a warehouse in southern Tehran, show people searching through dozens of corpses in body bags, lined up on the ground and on stretchers.
—Arsalan Shahla, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2026
In 1999, an arson attack on a trailer home concealed the corpses of a couple, Danny and Kathy Freeman, but the bodies of their daughter Ashley and her best friend Lauria Bible were never found.
—Rebecca Hannigan, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
The doctor said authorities removed corpses from the hospital on Friday.
—Roxana Saberi, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
The group has quite literally been split into two camps, separated by barbed wire, battlements, and corpses.
—Jack King, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
Joe Holden, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
The limited number of videos that have emerged show hundreds of corpses strewn across the floors of hospitals and morgues.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 13 Jan. 2026
Video shows corpses outside capital Meanwhile, video circulating online purports to show dozens of bodies in a morgue on the outskirts of Iran’s capital.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
ProPublica and High Country News observed overgrazing in multiple states, including streambeds trampled by cattle, grasslands denuded by grazing and creeks fouled by cow corpses.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 12 Jan. 2026
Still, multiple social media videos, reportedly from a warehouse in southern Tehran, show people searching through dozens of corpses in body bags, lined up on the ground and on stretchers.
—Arsalan Shahla, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2026
In 1999, an arson attack on a trailer home concealed the corpses of a couple, Danny and Kathy Freeman, but the bodies of their daughter Ashley and her best friend Lauria Bible were never found.
—Rebecca Hannigan, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
The doctor said authorities removed corpses from the hospital on Friday.
—Roxana Saberi, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
The group has quite literally been split into two camps, separated by barbed wire, battlements, and corpses.
—Jack King, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corpses
carcasses
Noun
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Besides being in the right environment, the carcasses also have to avoid becoming a snack for hungry scavengers like birds and hyenas.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2026
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The spider doppelgängers are made of prey carcasses, plant debris, and other organic materials.—
Gennaro Tomma,
Scientific American,
19 Jan. 2026
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“Corpses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corpses. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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