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mummies

noun

plural of mummy

as in corpses

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Eight roach corpses filled a device on the buffet line’s cold holding unit.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
There are cases of Jewish corpses being abused on their way to the cemetery; and even one instance of a father watching as his son was stabbed to death in the street.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of corpses

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College football artifacts and trophies were replaced with relics of the dimensional life of Godfrey, best known in Georgia as DeKalb County’s winningest football coach and the coach at Southwest DeKalb from 1983-2012.

— Jack Leo, AJC.com, 20 Sep. 2026
People in the Tri-State Area have the chance to get an up-close look at the relics of a saint.

— Allen Devlin, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2026

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One key indicator of soil health is decomposition rates of complex organic matter, breaking down stuff like leaves, wood, even cadavers into simpler organic and inorganic compounds, releasing C02 and nutrients in the process.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
The class-action deal covers relatives of people who donated bodies between January 2018 and March 2023, amid uncertainty over which cadavers Lodge plundered before cremation or return to families.

— Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of cadavers

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Cotter was given village board approval this week to continue outsourcing the work and to collect carcasses from private property.

— Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
The hook in one panel evokes Chaïm Soutine, who painted slaughterhouses while keeping kosher, fascinated and horrified by the carnival of carcasses that to others had been normalized.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of carcasses

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The influencer has gone to extremes such as hitting himself in the face with a hammer so his bones grow back sharper and taking small amounts of methamphetamine to suppress his appetite.

— Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2026
One big debate about ribs is whether to remove the thin membrane on the back of the bones, which can have a chewy texture and prevent the sauce from penetrating the meat.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

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