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Somebody has to wash the corpses and say the prayers.
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Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 9 Dec. 2024
Similarly, in the season premiere, Juliette encounters a tattered green flag among the corpses scattered around Silo 17.
—Mark Blankenship, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
Less than a week had passed since the corpses of six Israeli hostages, shot by their Hamas captors, were found in a tunnel in Gaza.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 25 Nov. 2024
Gein confessed to killing two women in the 1950s and was accused of killing several more as well as digging up corpses and making keepsakes out of human body parts, with his crimes serving as the inspiration for Hollywood horror movies like Psycho and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 15 Oct. 2024
This manifests as a literal purification; defeating corrupted animals leaves behind their corpses, which Neva will honor with a ritual returning them to the earth, leaving sprouting plants in their wake.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2024
The influx of corpses was endless.
—Ahmed Abu Artema, TIME, 12 Oct. 2024
Now the nightmare of Gaza—the stench of corpses, the widespread destruction, the incessant buzzing of military drones—is spreading to Lebanon.
—Mustafa Barghouti, TIME, 9 Oct. 2024
Provisions — mostly candy bars and wine — ran out within a week and passengers resorted to eating corpses.
—Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 9 Dec. 2024
Similarly, in the season premiere, Juliette encounters a tattered green flag among the corpses scattered around Silo 17.
—Mark Blankenship, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
Less than a week had passed since the corpses of six Israeli hostages, shot by their Hamas captors, were found in a tunnel in Gaza.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 25 Nov. 2024
Gein confessed to killing two women in the 1950s and was accused of killing several more as well as digging up corpses and making keepsakes out of human body parts, with his crimes serving as the inspiration for Hollywood horror movies like Psycho and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 15 Oct. 2024
This manifests as a literal purification; defeating corrupted animals leaves behind their corpses, which Neva will honor with a ritual returning them to the earth, leaving sprouting plants in their wake.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2024
The influx of corpses was endless.
—Ahmed Abu Artema, TIME, 12 Oct. 2024
Now the nightmare of Gaza—the stench of corpses, the widespread destruction, the incessant buzzing of military drones—is spreading to Lebanon.
—Mustafa Barghouti, TIME, 9 Oct. 2024
Provisions — mostly candy bars and wine — ran out within a week and passengers resorted to eating corpses.
—Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Corpses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corpses. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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