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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In fact, the video, published by Reuters on February 3 and subsequently verified by the news agency’s fact check team, showed humanitarian workers lifting body bags in the Congolese city of Goma.
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Reuters, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
As medics cart out Bobby’s zipped up body bag, his captain’s helmet was left behind.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 18 Apr. 2025
Images from the scene on official channels showed black body bags lining the side of the road, while more bodies were seen wrapped in foil blankets amid the debris.
—Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Liv jumps into the water to flee the zombies, but suffers a scratch and wakes up on a beach in a body bag, craving brains.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2025
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Reuters, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
As medics cart out Bobby’s zipped up body bag, his captain’s helmet was left behind.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 18 Apr. 2025
Images from the scene on official channels showed black body bags lining the side of the road, while more bodies were seen wrapped in foil blankets amid the debris.
—Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Liv jumps into the water to flee the zombies, but suffers a scratch and wakes up on a beach in a body bag, craving brains.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2025
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“Body bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20bag. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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