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mummies

noun

plural of mummy

as in corpses

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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, 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

Definition of corpses

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Things like trumpets cracking, lights failing, and the BBC presenter’s original record of the broadcast breaking – all remind us of the fragility of relics, said Finn.

— Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
Louisiana officials agree they’re no longer needed and describe them as relics of a time when Black students were forbidden from attending some schools.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of relics

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For medical students, practicing with real cadavers would remain important.

— Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 16 July 2026
The woodcut birth figures contained in these books were not images drawn from observation—pregnant cadavers for anatomical drawing were hard to come by—but were instead abstracted diagrams of the chaotic diversity of laboring bodies.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026

Definition of cadavers

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Two of them were killed, and their carcasses were abandoned and left to waste.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Aug. 2026
At least one of the alligators was shot with a crossbow bolt, indicating intentional targeting, and the carcasses of the two alligators that died were abandoned and left to waste, TPWD said.

— Doug Myers, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of carcasses

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The right side of Freeman's body took the punishment, but the 2024 World Series MVP apparently didn't break any bones.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Rooms There are 46 guest rooms and suites at Pocketbook Hudson, each of which embraces the bones of the former factory.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2026

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