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Recent Examples of body bag
In search and rescue, a mission may require a body bag.
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Paige Williams, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
The key to packing light is zero redundancy, so having a wallet that fit my passport and could double as a cross-body bag was perfect.
—Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
After the passenger was placed in a body bag for removal from the aircraft, they were then transported though an emergency exit behind the wings.
—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
Highlights include a water-repellent, sweat-wicking ski parka that reimagines a 1990s ACG jacket from the archives, and a cross-body bag.
—Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
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Paige Williams, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
The key to packing light is zero redundancy, so having a wallet that fit my passport and could double as a cross-body bag was perfect.
—Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
After the passenger was placed in a body bag for removal from the aircraft, they were then transported though an emergency exit behind the wings.
—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
Highlights include a water-repellent, sweat-wicking ski parka that reimagines a 1990s ACG jacket from the archives, and a cross-body bag.
—Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for body bag
Noun
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Those two pieces of concrete evidence, in a game where votes are far too often decided on weird vibes, put the nail in Stephen’s coffin.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
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On Friday, September 5, the coffin was moved to Kensington Palace; the following morning, she was buried at Althorp.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
6 Feb. 2026
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Snook took The Picture of Dorian Gray to Broadway, and although no one’s saying so out loud, Dracula is likely going to rest in their sarcophagus and be transported to New York as well.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
24 Dec. 2025
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In a way, the old barrel filling house and the distillery’s cooperage function as an eerie sarcophagus for the bourbon industry’s downfall in the 1980s.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
19 Dec. 2025
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His parents picked out a blue casket adorned with a bronze baseball and glove.—
Kyle Werner,
Des Moines Register,
13 Feb. 2026
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The last piece depicts the same character in a casket and the sound that Marc developed is the same story, but with sounds.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
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This cute Basmart Duffel is now up to 40 percent off and checks all of my boxes for the perfect personal item.—
Taylor Fox,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Feb. 2026
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It’s powered by a Chevy Vortec V8 engine and has a chassis Doyle described as similar to a box truck.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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Many churches hold sunrise services, which symbolize the discovery of the empty tomb early in the morning.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Feb. 2026
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Once at the hospital, Cermak reportedly uttered the line that is engraved on his tomb.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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The Kylie Cosmetics founder typically works with stylist Alexander Rose to pull feminine, form-fitting pieces from Schiaparelli, Ashi Studio or the vault of Versace.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
14 Feb. 2026
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If Nintendo keeps a padlock on its secrets, then Miyamoto’s mind is a bank vault.—
Chris Plante,
Vulture,
10 Feb. 2026
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While lying in state, the coffin was placed not on an elevated bier, but facing the pews.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2025
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Inside the 16th-century basilica, his casket won't be put on an elevated bier—as was the case with past popes—but will just be placed on the main alta, simply facing the pews.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Body bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/body%20bag. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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