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Recent Examples of corpses
The group has quite literally been split into two camps, separated by barbed wire, battlements, and corpses.
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Jack King, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
The corpses at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, one of the largest in Scotland, were affected by errors made at the hands of staff, according to the BBC, Sky News and The Guardian.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
The elegant sets and lavish costume designs are stunning, as is Jacob Elordi's multi-faceted performance as the intelligent wretch stitched together from corpses.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 27 Dec. 2025
The bodies had been dumped in an area where criminals often dispose of corpses, according to firefighters and local media reports.
—CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
That investigation is pending as authorities have reported slow progress in identifying corpses that, in some cases, have languished for more than a decade.
—Colleen Slevin, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
Perhaps most disturbingly, the research lab’s satellite images have documented activity consistent with the mass burning of human corpses.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 5 Dec. 2025
Martha Stewart's home is galloping toward environmental sustainability thanks to the corpses of her fallen horses.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, the corpses, which may become neutron stars, can then merge, producing the majority of the heaviest stable elements on our periodic table.
—Big Think, 27 Nov. 2025
Jack King, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
The corpses at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, one of the largest in Scotland, were affected by errors made at the hands of staff, according to the BBC, Sky News and The Guardian.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
The elegant sets and lavish costume designs are stunning, as is Jacob Elordi's multi-faceted performance as the intelligent wretch stitched together from corpses.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 27 Dec. 2025
The bodies had been dumped in an area where criminals often dispose of corpses, according to firefighters and local media reports.
—CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
That investigation is pending as authorities have reported slow progress in identifying corpses that, in some cases, have languished for more than a decade.
—Colleen Slevin, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
Perhaps most disturbingly, the research lab’s satellite images have documented activity consistent with the mass burning of human corpses.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 5 Dec. 2025
Martha Stewart's home is galloping toward environmental sustainability thanks to the corpses of her fallen horses.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, the corpses, which may become neutron stars, can then merge, producing the majority of the heaviest stable elements on our periodic table.
—Big Think, 27 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corpses
carcasses
Noun
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The decaying carcasses would have been covered by a film of bacteria, which can electrostatically attract clay found in the surrounding sediment.—
Amanda Schupak,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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Sereno proposes that the creatures’ carcasses were first desiccated in a drought before suddenly being engulfed by sediment—likely brought on by a flood.—
Andrea Tamayo,
Scientific American,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Corpses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corpses. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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