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corpse

[kawrps] / kɔrps /


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

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

It’s sweaty, stinky time again at the Huntington Library, Art Gallery, and Botanic Gardens, where the season’s first rare corpse flower bloom is expected by July 23.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

In Operation Mincemeat, the British planted a corpse with fake top-secret documents implying an Allied invasion of Greece and Sardinia to provide cover for their Sicily campaign.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

“It feels really prehistoric to look at this plant, because it is so giant,” Shi said of the corpse flower, which can grow over 12 feet tall.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

Another hunt, the one for reward money, began before Booth’s corpse had even cooled.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

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

"Loved ones are throwing themselves at the bodies, touching the corpses... while organising mourning rituals bringing together loads of people", Jean Marie Ezadri, a civil society leader in Ituri, told AFP last week.

From Barron's May 25, 2026

Men and women prayed before the funeral, facing the corpses in the hospital compound.

From Barron's Feb. 15, 2026

Like Victor Frankenstein, who diligently selects body parts from corpses to stitch together his humanoid creation, the Mexican director carefully assembled his troupe of movie magicians.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 10, 2026

While he was looking at the corpses, a live ant came down the pathway carrying a third one.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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