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corpse

[kawrps] / kɔrps /


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No images have been released in public of his corpse and a state funeral that was supposed to have been held earlier this month has been postponed indefinitely.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Héctor checked for vitals and then placed a paper blanket over the corpse.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

“The folkloric Euro-American story of the ‘headless horseman’ comes to mind — a nightmarish, animated corpse who haunts the living.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Nietzsche said God is dead, but skimped on details of how we’d deal with the corpse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Did she not trust me to meet my father’s corpse alone?

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat