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Recent Examples of corpse
Mohn was arrested hours after the killing and charged with first-degree murder, abuse of a corpse and possession of an instrument of crime.
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Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 10 July 2025
Prosecutors, however, painted a different picture of the defendant, who’s been charged with first-degree murder, abuse of a corpse and other offenses for the January 2024 killing of 68-year-old Michael F. Mohn in the family’s Levittown home.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 8 July 2025
The discovery was made on June 26 after several municipal police officers found a hearse containing two bodies and other corpses piled up in a room in the building’s courtyard.
—Mauricio Torres, CNN Money, 4 July 2025
There also appears to be at least some experimentation with actual enemy corpses left on the map after death, albeit with a duffel bag still present.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
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Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 10 July 2025
Prosecutors, however, painted a different picture of the defendant, who’s been charged with first-degree murder, abuse of a corpse and other offenses for the January 2024 killing of 68-year-old Michael F. Mohn in the family’s Levittown home.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 8 July 2025
The discovery was made on June 26 after several municipal police officers found a hearse containing two bodies and other corpses piled up in a room in the building’s courtyard.
—Mauricio Torres, CNN Money, 4 July 2025
There also appears to be at least some experimentation with actual enemy corpses left on the map after death, albeit with a duffel bag still present.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for corpse
Noun
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Others are sounding the alarm on tech giants poaching AI founders and researchers and leaving behind carcasses of companies.—
Rashi Shrivastava,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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More than 30 years ago, researcher Boris Sket found the carcasses of tailless whip scorpions on the limestone of a monastery on Cyprus near a natural spring, but didn’t collect any live animals and the species was never noted again, according to the study.—
Irene Wright
July 10,
Miami Herald,
10 July 2025
Noun
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Drone operators, cadaver dog handlers and volunteer search and rescue crews assisted in the search effort between February and June.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
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The effort also includes a cadaver dog, the sheriff's office said Monday.—
Rebecca Cohen,
NBC news,
21 July 2025
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“Corpse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corpse. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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