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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Ashcraft tapped out before being ordered to dig a grave, get inside a body bag, and consider his eulogy as instructors piled dirt on top of him.
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Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Bodies of children can be seen in other body bags still wearing the school’s uniform.
—Marin Scott, NBC news, 24 Mar. 2026
One of the enduring images from the uprising of two months ago was endless unzipped black body bags lining the streets.
—Lily Moayeri, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2026
But often those intentions stumble into a political quagmire where democratic dreams turn into civil war, once-compliant dictators become embarrassments and American soldiers return home in body bags.
—Tim Sullivan, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2026
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Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Bodies of children can be seen in other body bags still wearing the school’s uniform.
—Marin Scott, NBC news, 24 Mar. 2026
One of the enduring images from the uprising of two months ago was endless unzipped black body bags lining the streets.
—Lily Moayeri, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2026
But often those intentions stumble into a political quagmire where democratic dreams turn into civil war, once-compliant dictators become embarrassments and American soldiers return home in body bags.
—Tim Sullivan, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2026
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“Body bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20bag. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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