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Recent Examples of corpse
In the picture, the girl’s corpse is propped up on a sofa alongside some of her favorite toys, in a style of post-mortem photography popular at the time.
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Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025
But the sentiment behind that particularly memorable piece of graffiti — scrawled near a pile of corpses strung up in a zombie apocalypse — pulses beneath every beat in Bella Ramsey’s wrathful performance.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 May 2025
Look down and see the five little roach corpses and six live roaches on the ground in the bar and the other three on the ground in kitchen storage.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 9 May 2025
Every morning, prisoners lined up for inspection alongside the corpses of those who had died in the night heaped in a pile next to them.
—Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2025
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Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025
But the sentiment behind that particularly memorable piece of graffiti — scrawled near a pile of corpses strung up in a zombie apocalypse — pulses beneath every beat in Bella Ramsey’s wrathful performance.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 May 2025
Look down and see the five little roach corpses and six live roaches on the ground in the bar and the other three on the ground in kitchen storage.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 9 May 2025
Every morning, prisoners lined up for inspection alongside the corpses of those who had died in the night heaped in a pile next to them.
—Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for corpse
Noun
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Alarmed animal lovers are demanding answers as dead birds repeatedly plummet from the sky, with the carcasses falling on a quiet residential street.—
Chloe Mayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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Grizzly 1058 had likely been dead for three to seven days, based on the fact that roughly 20 percent of the carcass had been scavenged, per the Jackson Hole News & Guide.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 May 2025
Noun
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The police department called in cadaver dogs to search the canal, which led directly into the San Francisco bay.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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Sanders said a second search was conducted on April 8, in which two out of the three cadaver dogs indicated that human remains were likely present at the shed.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Corpse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corpse. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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