post mortem
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Denmark's environmental protection agency will also conduct a post mortem examination on the whale, which was released in the North Sea some distance from Anholt.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
Greta Otteson and Arno Quinton were found dead in the villa they lived in on Boxing Day 2024, with post mortem examinations revealing they died from acute methanol poisoning.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2025
In the post mortem of the Great Depression: there will always be someone like economist Roger Babson who will be able to say, “I told you so.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2025
She added that a full post mortem would be carried out but the results would not be known for a few days.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2025
It was clear that any research would be in the nature of a post mortem.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
