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Recent Examples of carcasses
In the spring of 2023, as epic winter snows melted, horse carcasses emerged along the shores of South Tufa and nearby Navy Beach.
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Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
Tick Free Martha’s Vineyard plans to build a processing facility for the carcasses; the meat, most of it donated to a local food pantry, is in high demand.
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Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Most flies start as larvae or maggots that feed on dead carcasses.
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Kara Finnstrom,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
Since abyssal plains are the largest habitats on Earth’s surface, finding large concentrations of whale carcasses there are rare.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
18 June 2026
The zone then funnels carcasses to the seafloor, and very little sediment movement at those depths means that the carcasses stay exposed to scavengers.
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Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
These graveyards form when whale carcasses fall to the sea floor, becoming a sustaining snack for nearby critters.
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ABC News,
10 June 2026
In these cases, the whale bones managed to fossilize before scavengers and microbes could demolish the massive carcasses.
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Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
10 June 2026
The whale carcasses are home to a large community of jellyfish, brittle stars, bone-boring worms, and bivalves.
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Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
10 June 2026
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
Tick Free Martha’s Vineyard plans to build a processing facility for the carcasses; the meat, most of it donated to a local food pantry, is in high demand.
—
Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Most flies start as larvae or maggots that feed on dead carcasses.
—
Kara Finnstrom,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
Since abyssal plains are the largest habitats on Earth’s surface, finding large concentrations of whale carcasses there are rare.
—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
18 June 2026
The zone then funnels carcasses to the seafloor, and very little sediment movement at those depths means that the carcasses stay exposed to scavengers.
—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
These graveyards form when whale carcasses fall to the sea floor, becoming a sustaining snack for nearby critters.
—
ABC News,
10 June 2026
In these cases, the whale bones managed to fossilize before scavengers and microbes could demolish the massive carcasses.
—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
10 June 2026
The whale carcasses are home to a large community of jellyfish, brittle stars, bone-boring worms, and bivalves.
—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
10 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carcasses
corpses
Noun
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The family’s ordeal worsened Sunday when her brother-in-law found the body of his mother, Rosa María Díaz de Rodríguez, among a pile of corpses.
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The men escape, but their frantic exit leads them through the gruesome Terminus food-supply dungeon, where fresh corpses hang on meathooks.
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“Carcasses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carcasses. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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