dead body
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"The main thing is to not put Sherpa lives at risk for a dead body."
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Certain hardline sections of the ultra-Orthodox community disagree with autopsies, saying any interference with a dead body is a desecration according to the Torah.
From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026
Written by Imogen Edwards-Jones with James Patterson, it starts like many thrillers: Marilyn Monroe’s housekeeper finds her dead body and calls her doctors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2026
Having fashioned a creature from dead body parts, the scientist recoils from the result, which appears to him to be a monster of “unparalleled barbarity,” and abandons his construction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
“But I never saw my papa’s dead body, and I hear his voice,” I insisted.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
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