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Recent Examples of corpses
His body languished for years inside the room-temperature building in Penrose with other corpses before their discovery.
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ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
Three other roach corpses were spotted around the restaurant.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
The book is strewn with bloody corpses.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
More specifically — and without spoiling a story that piles the twists as high as the corpses — Pine's an ex-British soldier pulled from his porter duties and recruited to surveil a ruthless arms dealer, Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie) staying at the hotel.
—Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
Charred corpses are being retrieved from the rubble.
—Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2026
Living corpses returning from war.
—Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026
At least 33 bodies — including children and dismembered remains stuffed in sacks — were unearthed from a mass grave in western Kenya on Thursday, raising questions about whether the corpses were secretly moved from a hospital morgue.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
During their reporting, the two came across reports of dozens of corpses turning up in the area around the time of Aujay’s disappearance.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 21 Mar. 2026
ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
Three other roach corpses were spotted around the restaurant.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
The book is strewn with bloody corpses.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
More specifically — and without spoiling a story that piles the twists as high as the corpses — Pine's an ex-British soldier pulled from his porter duties and recruited to surveil a ruthless arms dealer, Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie) staying at the hotel.
—Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
Charred corpses are being retrieved from the rubble.
—Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2026
Living corpses returning from war.
—Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026
At least 33 bodies — including children and dismembered remains stuffed in sacks — were unearthed from a mass grave in western Kenya on Thursday, raising questions about whether the corpses were secretly moved from a hospital morgue.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
During their reporting, the two came across reports of dozens of corpses turning up in the area around the time of Aujay’s disappearance.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 21 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corpses
carcasses
Noun
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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.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
29 Apr. 2026
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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
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“Corpses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corpses. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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