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Recent Examples of corpses
The mass grave by the University of Sudan, which was near a building the RSF commandeered as a detention center, likely contains thousands of corpses, al-Abidin said.
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Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
John said he was asked to provide a truck to carry the corpses of the president’s security detail in case any died in the plot.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
More specifically — and without spoiling a story that piles the twists as high as the corpses — Pine's an ex-British soldier pulled from his porter duties and recruited to surveil a ruthless arms dealer, Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie) staying at the hotel.
—Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
Charred corpses are being retrieved from the rubble.
—Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2026
Living corpses returning from war.
—Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026
At least 33 bodies — including children and dismembered remains stuffed in sacks — were unearthed from a mass grave in western Kenya on Thursday, raising questions about whether the corpses were secretly moved from a hospital morgue.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
During their reporting, the two came across reports of dozens of corpses turning up in the area around the time of Aujay’s disappearance.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 21 Mar. 2026
Glowicki stars as a lonely gravedigger who stinks of corpses.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2026
Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
John said he was asked to provide a truck to carry the corpses of the president’s security detail in case any died in the plot.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
More specifically — and without spoiling a story that piles the twists as high as the corpses — Pine's an ex-British soldier pulled from his porter duties and recruited to surveil a ruthless arms dealer, Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie) staying at the hotel.
—Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
Charred corpses are being retrieved from the rubble.
—Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2026
Living corpses returning from war.
—Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026
At least 33 bodies — including children and dismembered remains stuffed in sacks — were unearthed from a mass grave in western Kenya on Thursday, raising questions about whether the corpses were secretly moved from a hospital morgue.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
During their reporting, the two came across reports of dozens of corpses turning up in the area around the time of Aujay’s disappearance.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 21 Mar. 2026
Glowicki stars as a lonely gravedigger who stinks of corpses.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corpses
carcasses
Noun
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Overhead, vultures, crows and gulls swarmed, feeding on carcasses and insects and other waste.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2026
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In 2015, divers sent her these photos of smaller shark carcasses on the sea floor with mysterious incisions in them.—
Michael H Gavshon,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Corpses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corpses. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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