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or air bag
: a bag that is inflated with air typically for use as a cushion or safety device
especially
: such a bag installed in an automobile as a safety device designed to inflate automatically in case of collision
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Some of the victims had been wearing backpacks equipped with airbags that can help keep people on the surface of an avalanche, but had not pulled the cords to deploy the bags, the report said.
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Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2026
Such devices can inflate an airbag that helps keep a skier on the surface during a slide and prevents them from being buried.
—Matthias Gafni, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2026
The capsule will then make a water landing likely Friday, April 10, in the Pacific Ocean near California off the coast of San Diego, after which five orange airbags will inflate around the top of the spacecraft and flip the capsule into an upright position.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
One of those thefts was caught on camera, which showed a thief climb into the rear passenger side window, steal the airbag, and climb back out in less than two minutes before tossing the airbag in the trunk of a getaway car and driving off.
—Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
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Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2026
Such devices can inflate an airbag that helps keep a skier on the surface during a slide and prevents them from being buried.
—Matthias Gafni, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2026
The capsule will then make a water landing likely Friday, April 10, in the Pacific Ocean near California off the coast of San Diego, after which five orange airbags will inflate around the top of the spacecraft and flip the capsule into an upright position.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
One of those thefts was caught on camera, which showed a thief climb into the rear passenger side window, steal the airbag, and climb back out in less than two minutes before tossing the airbag in the trunk of a getaway car and driving off.
—Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Airbag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airbag. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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