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corpse

[kawrps] / kɔrps /


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But when Henry Clayton’s Armani-clad corpse washes up on the beach, one person is certain he didn’t take his own life.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

A crowd then gathered around the corpse, singing a dirge in a local Swahili dialect.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

Three men removed the deceased from a body bag, which they tossed aside, before returning the corpse to the coffin.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 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

The corpse was mummified by the cold, and this time the lawmen had no trouble identifying the victim: Henry Roan, a forty-year-old Osage Indian who was married with two children.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Another possibility: He could be among the corpses of 1,700 Palestinians — most of them from Gaza — being held by Israel, according to Israeli media reports.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2026

Some unpaid health workers are violating safety protocols by allowing grieving families to touch highly infectious corpses.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

Sometimes known as "Doctor Death", he became famous for developing a technique called plastination, by which fluids and fatty tissue in corpses are replaced by rubber and polymers.

From BBC Jul. 27, 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

Holmes had an eye for opportunity, and with demand for corpses so robust, opportunity now beckoned.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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