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Recent Examples of body bag
Considering viewers never saw his actual body, just a full body bag with his helmet sitting next to it, questions naturally arose.
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Rachel McRady, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
In the final moments of the episode, his body was removed from the lab in a body bag.
—Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
There appeared to be a body bag in the street.
—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Carry bags that close, wear a cross-body bag, keep all zippers closed, don’t flash cash or jewelry.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Rachel McRady, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
In the final moments of the episode, his body was removed from the lab in a body bag.
—Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
There appeared to be a body bag in the street.
—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Carry bags that close, wear a cross-body bag, keep all zippers closed, don’t flash cash or jewelry.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for body bag
Noun
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Netanyahu's office announced earlier on Sunday that Israel received a coffin from the Red Cross inside the Gaza Strip.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Tragically, one of William's next royal engagements would be walking behind his mother's coffin on the day of her funeral.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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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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The team had already excavated the other three corners of a narrow tomb occupied by an imposing, unnamed sarcophagus.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Dec. 2025
Noun
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As his casket was escorted to the Maranatha Baptist Church, which had become something of a second home to him, the whole community lined the familiar streets with signs of affection toward their local hero.—
Kyler Alvord,
PEOPLE,
31 Dec. 2025
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Asked organizers if there will be a body inside the casket.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Dec. 2025
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And don’t overlook L’Epicerie du Metropole, a petite pâtisserie and gourmet food shop that sells French pastries, handmade chocolates, and (when in season) gorgeous Metropole mooncake gift boxes.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Jan. 2026
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Tissue boxes were brought to the families as the testimony began.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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The Suleymaniye Mosque is considered Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan's most splendid Istanbul mosque, and he himself is buried in a tomb nearby.—
Katie Nadworny,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Nov. 2025
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But now, winners of the lottery will be granted the opportunity to buy and restore one of 30 tombs in three different cemeteries, with city hall agreeing to lease the corresponding burial plot to those who meet certain standards.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Witnessing Malinin fall is akin to seeing Simone Biles miss a vault or Victor Wembanyama miss a dunk.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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To accessorize her attire, Queen Mary added historic jewelry pieces from Denmark’s royal vault.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
2 Jan. 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 11 Jan. 2026.
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