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Recent Examples of carcasses
Anacapa Island, for instance, has no services aside from some primitive campsites, a lighthouse and limited hiking options, but is also a major seabird rookery from April to August, which translates to lots of bird poop, noise, bird carcasses and territorial bird behavior.
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Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2026
New York has implemented a strict policy that no deer carcasses can be brought into the state, despite whether it was shot in a chronic wasting disease positive state or not.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 28 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
The hunters turn up that night at her camping site overlooking a steep gorge and river, their van loaded with bleeding roo carcasses.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
Animal hunting trophies, game animal carcasses, and hides are prohibited.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
Overhead, vultures, crows and gulls swarmed, feeding on carcasses and insects and other waste.
—CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
In 2015, divers sent her these photos of smaller shark carcasses on the sea floor with mysterious incisions in them.
—Michael H Gavshon, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
Most of the carcasses were found on or near an area of the island called Kelly’s Point throughout the week, with even more discovered Thursday, Guemes Island Fire Chief Olivia Cole told NBC News on Friday.
—Francie Ebert, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026
Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2026
New York has implemented a strict policy that no deer carcasses can be brought into the state, despite whether it was shot in a chronic wasting disease positive state or not.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 28 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
The hunters turn up that night at her camping site overlooking a steep gorge and river, their van loaded with bleeding roo carcasses.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
Animal hunting trophies, game animal carcasses, and hides are prohibited.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
Overhead, vultures, crows and gulls swarmed, feeding on carcasses and insects and other waste.
—CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
In 2015, divers sent her these photos of smaller shark carcasses on the sea floor with mysterious incisions in them.
—Michael H Gavshon, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
Most of the carcasses were found on or near an area of the island called Kelly’s Point throughout the week, with even more discovered Thursday, Guemes Island Fire Chief Olivia Cole told NBC News on Friday.
—Francie Ebert, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carcasses
corpses
Noun
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His body languished for years inside the room-temperature building in Penrose with other corpses before their discovery.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Three other roach corpses were spotted around the restaurant.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Carcasses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carcasses. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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