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Two corpse flowers nicknamed Odora and Odorysseus have bloomed at the San Marino conservatory, drawing thousands for the rare occasion and quickly surpassing last year’s numbers.

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

Hailing from the rainforests of Sumatra, Indonesia, corpse flowers are a massive, putrid spectacle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Death Mist no longer shrouded his face, but he still had the complexion of a corpse.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Still, even when dealing with corpses, Walker’s characters can deftly deliver a one-liner or a bad pun when the mood needs lightening; she doesn’t really think along drama versus comedy lines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026

As reading declines, fragments of the literary past float to the cultural surface like corpses after a shipwreck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

In director Guillermo del Toro’s take on the classic fable Frankenstein, Elordi glows an undead white as the monster, his body a patchwork of human parts sawed off of Crimean War corpses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025

Mrs. Rezaei sat slumped on the couch, looking like she had just strode inside from a battlefield, leaving behind a trail of corpses in true Klingon fashion.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram