Example Sentences

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A preliminary investigation shows it may be a case of an "unlawful disposal of unclaimed corpses", it added.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

Shortages in material and equipment — including body bags — meant that exhuming and reburying all the remaining corpses around Khartoum exceeded his agency’s resources, al-Abidin said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 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

“My keeper has found innumerable corpses, including masses of small birds — Chaffinches, Greenfinches, Linnets, Hedge Sparrows, also House Sparrows . . . the destruction of wild life is quite pitiful.”

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson