cadaver
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When the mummy was found in 1991, it was initially treated as a normal cadaver.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
Despite its elaborate conceit, “Godfall” turns out to be a solid police-procedural rooted in a sensitive depiction of small-town life turned upside-down by a cosmic cadaver.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Searches from the air by helicopter and on the ground with a cadaver dog were unsuccessful, and it was feared the remains might not be recovered until the spring thaw.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025
The family, alongside a volunteer team using cadaver detection dogs, also searched an "area of interest" they hoped would be a breakthrough in the case earlier this month.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2025
“First, there is that name: Cadaver. You know what cadaver means?”
From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
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Much of early topographical anatomy – the careful mapping of structures in relation to one another – depended on cadavers obtained through grave robbery.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 2026
However, some of this research -- particularly one claiming to have found a plastic spoon's worth of microplastic in the brains of cadavers -- has recently come under stinging criticism from scientists.
From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026
In the experiment, human blood was used in four different cadavers.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025
When Shelley wrote “Frankenstein,” Edinburgh had gained infamy as a site of murders and grave robberies that helped fuel a thriving trade in cadavers centered on the city’s laboratories and research hospitals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
These cadavers were so unhuman-looking they didn't bother me a bit.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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