body bag
noun
: a large zippered bag (as of rubber or vinyl) in which a human corpse is placed especially for transportation
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The album artwork for The Death of Slim Shady, revealed earlier this week, depicts Slim Shady with his face poking out of a body bag.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2024
The Detroit dignitary took to social media on Tuesday (July 9) to post the official album artwork, which finds Em wide-eyed while getting zipped up into a body bag.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 9 July 2024
The encampment eventually was broken up in a predawn public safety action, after demonstrators reportedly began stepping up pressure by using increasingly graphic tactics, such as placing fake body bags on the lawn of a school official.
—Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 3 June 2024
Plot details are being kept in the body bag, but it is being described as being partly inspired by the Real Housewives franchise, which focuses on the soap operatic and over-the-top theatrics of well-to-do women in areas ranging from Orange County to Miami to Atlanta.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2024
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2024
The Detroit dignitary took to social media on Tuesday (July 9) to post the official album artwork, which finds Em wide-eyed while getting zipped up into a body bag.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 9 July 2024
The encampment eventually was broken up in a predawn public safety action, after demonstrators reportedly began stepping up pressure by using increasingly graphic tactics, such as placing fake body bags on the lawn of a school official.
—Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 3 June 2024
Plot details are being kept in the body bag, but it is being described as being partly inspired by the Real Housewives franchise, which focuses on the soap operatic and over-the-top theatrics of well-to-do women in areas ranging from Orange County to Miami to Atlanta.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2024
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“Body bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20bag. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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