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Recent Examples of carcass
The hunters turn up that night at her camping site overlooking a steep gorge and river, their van loaded with bleeding roo carcasses.
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
The monkey carcass was discovered during an X-ray examination of a traveler's baggage, which prompted a search.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
Late every summer, hulking white bears gather outside a tiny Alaska Native village on the edge of the continent, far above the Arctic Circle, to feast on whale carcasses left behind by hunters and to wait for the deep cold to freeze the sea.
—ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
Whale of a Tale Kennedy’s oldest daughter, Kick Kennedy, once told Town & Country that in the 1990s, her father lugged home the head of a whale carcass that had washed up on the beach on Hyannis Port’s Squaw Island.
—Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 16 Apr. 2026
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
The monkey carcass was discovered during an X-ray examination of a traveler's baggage, which prompted a search.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
Late every summer, hulking white bears gather outside a tiny Alaska Native village on the edge of the continent, far above the Arctic Circle, to feast on whale carcasses left behind by hunters and to wait for the deep cold to freeze the sea.
—ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
Whale of a Tale Kennedy’s oldest daughter, Kick Kennedy, once told Town & Country that in the 1990s, her father lugged home the head of a whale carcass that had washed up on the beach on Hyannis Port’s Squaw Island.
—Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 16 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carcass
corpse
Noun
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Tamisha Cheyniece Drake, 33, of Lufkin, has been charged with abuse of a corpse, a state jail felony, according to the Angelina County Sheriff's Office.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Many fans on social media are lauding his accomplishment of dragging a bloated corpse of a roster to a 3-0 series lead at 41 years of age without Austin Reaves or Luka Doncic in the fold.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Carcass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carcass. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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