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corpse

[kawrps] / kɔrps /


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In the meantime, there’s a lot of unwieldy comic commotion involving a missing corpse, a tweaking, naked Dwight and enough insipid TV sibling bickering to clog the airwaves for a decade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

A crowd then gathered around the corpse, singing a dirge in a local Swahili dialect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

She also believes general awareness of the corpse flower increases each summer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

The last time multiple corpse flowers bloomed on the same day at the Huntington was in 2018.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

Every single witch stood there as stiff and silent as a corpse.

From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl

Authorities have been forced to store corpses at a temporary holding centre -- the air-conditioned offices of the district commerce association.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

Sometimes known as "Doctor Death", he became famous for developing a technique called plastination, by which fluids and fatty tissue in corpses are replaced by rubber and polymers.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

In some cases, relatives flee homes when a family member dies, without informing authorities, leaving highly infectious corpses unattended for days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

A clockwise march past the 85 exhibits develops a chronology from the birth of modern war in the tangled British and French corpses of J.M.W.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Standing beside the hackberry shrubs with hundreds of empty desiccated cocoons still clinging to their branches and a carpet of butterfly corpses under her feet, La Llorona did not look anything like a malevolent specter.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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