corpse
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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
Corpse flowers bloom for just 24 to 48 hours, and once opened, they reek of gym socks, rotten eggs and decaying flesh … or, well, a corpse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Not one, but two rare corpse flowers are set to bloom at the Huntington in the coming days, with one of them making its first-ever public bloom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Greenhouse workers knew their corpse flower would soon bloom, unleashing its infamous stench only briefly, but they couldn’t pinpoint when.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
He stumbled over to the dactyl corpse with Magdalys.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
Families in eastern Congo traditionally wash and bury their dead themselves, but the corpses of Ebola victims are highly infectious.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
A preliminary investigation shows it may be a case of an "unlawful disposal of unclaimed corpses", it added.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
Men and women prayed before the funeral, facing the corpses in the hospital compound.
From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026
Hamas has said it remained committed to the ceasefire, including "keenness to hand over all remaining corpses".
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2025
This place was scarred and broken, more ruin than redoubt, a haunt of crows and corpses.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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