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Recent Examples of mummy
Unlike his possessions, King Tut didn’t make the trip to Chicago — his mummy remained in the Valley of the Kings outside Luxor, Egypt.
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
In the early 1990s, an intact mummy was discovered in the Ötztal Alps, on the Italian-Austrian border, that proved to be more than 5,000 years old.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Europe’s oldest natural mummy, Ötzi the Iceman, died with moss packed into his boots for warmth.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2026
In ancient Egypt, no single community could produce a mummy.
—R. Alexander Bentley, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
In the early 1990s, an intact mummy was discovered in the Ötztal Alps, on the Italian-Austrian border, that proved to be more than 5,000 years old.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Europe’s oldest natural mummy, Ötzi the Iceman, died with moss packed into his boots for warmth.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2026
In ancient Egypt, no single community could produce a mummy.
—R. Alexander Bentley, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mummy
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They'd be heralded not by rippling explosions or flash frozen corpses floating against a tapestry of stars, but instead by oxygen, almost imperceptibly slipping away or radiation slowly accumulating in our cells over years.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
8 May 2026
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Of the three roach corpses in the kitchen, one roach died on top of a metal tray inside the three-compartment sink.—
David J. Neal
May 8,
Miami Herald,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Legend has it that these relics are the remains of martyrs from the early days of Christianity in Rome that were discovered in the 16th century in unmarked graves in the city's catacombs.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 May 2026
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Channel Islands National Park, California A throwback to old California, the five-island park preserves paleolithic digs, frontier-era ranches and relics of Spanish exploration.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
8 May 2026
Noun
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However, discrepancy is understandable due to the carcass coming ashore deflated, like a big creepy balloon with the air let out.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
6 May 2026
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On the other hand, in deep enough water, his carcass would likely fall to the ocean floor and foster a miniature ecosystem for years to come.—
Jessica Camille Aguirre,
New Yorker,
2 May 2026
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Sheriff’s deputies even used ground-penetrating radar and cadaver dogs to search Ruben Flores’ Arroyo Grande property in 2021.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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McKiddy, as well as Charlotte's daughters, attended an excavation in May 2025 in Fremont County near Thurman, Iowa, in which forensics teams and cadaver dogs searched for the bodies and wells McKiddy described.—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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That’s only possible because of the corpus of transcripts that sits underneath it.—
Gina Chua,
semafor.com,
6 May 2026
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He was sent to a detention center in Kern County, and his lawyer filed a demand for his release, known as a habeas corpus petition, in federal court in Sacramento in March.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
1 May 2026
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“Mummy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mummy. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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