dead body

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"Over my dead body," said Barry Hearn, then the chairman of World Snooker, amid suspicions some years ago that under his leadership the tournament might leave Sheffield.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Certain hardline sections of the ultra-Orthodox community disagree with autopsies, saying any interference with a dead body is a desecration according to the Torah.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

Having fashioned a creature from dead body parts, the scientist recoils from the result, which appears to him to be a monster of “unparalleled barbarity,” and abandons his construction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

There, she identifies the dead body of Roper — a reveal that suggests his character won’t really be part of Season 2.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026

Angela wanted to give him a middle name, Munchin, after the patron saint of Limerick but Malachy said over his dead body.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt