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corpse

[kawrps] / kɔrps /


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Based on the manga by Mokumokuren, the fantasy horror series probes what happens when a rural teen named Hikaru is fatally injured . . . but then returns when an otherworldly being possesses his corpse and memories.

From Salon

Exquisite corpse was also used in character design.

From Los Angeles Times

By contrast, the German Reich was unfortunate in its ally Austria-Hungary during World War I; one observer likened it to “being chained to a rotting corpse.”

From The Wall Street Journal

He added that the family later took the corpse to the mortuary.

From BBC

In the third Blanc tale, “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery,” the corpse isn’t the only thing that’s life-challenged.

From The Wall Street Journal