corpse
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Instead it’s a tender ballad in which the schoolmistressy secretary Hester Leggatt sings an imagined love letter to be planted on a corpse to add verisimilitude to the dead man’s manufactured life story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
But when Henry Clayton’s Armani-clad corpse washes up on the beach, one person is certain he didn’t take his own life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Three men removed the deceased from a body bag, which they tossed aside, before returning the corpse to the coffin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
North Hollywood resident Lilla Saito took two hours off work to witness the corpse flowers for the first time and tracked the livestream every day, “just waiting for it to bloom.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
She looked like a corpse wreathed in smoke, but she felt solid enough when she gripped his arms.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Another possibility: He could be among the corpses of 1,700 Palestinians — most of them from Gaza — being held by Israel, according to Israeli media reports.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Some unpaid health workers are violating safety protocols by allowing grieving families to touch highly infectious corpses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Ebola spreads through direct contact with bodily fluids, and victims’ corpses are highly infectious, according to the WHO.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Burials must be strictly supervised as the virus spreads by contact with bodily fluids, meaning corpses can remain contagious.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
What’s more, the use of corpses has proven problematic for him, as you have seen.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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