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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
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Dozens of people, including relatives, military officials and friends from Gvili’s police unit, received his coffin at an army post on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza.—
Julia Frankel,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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The service moved between prayer and music, including a traditional Ave Maria, before concluding with rites that saw mourners approach the coffin, which was draped in white lace, to pay their final respects.—
Maliha Shoaib,
Vogue,
23 Jan. 2026
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
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Haul highlights include a footed pink alabaster casket box, a brass Art Nouveau hand mirror, and a vintage Emanuel Ungaro floral jacket.—
Stephanie Sporn,
Vogue,
27 Jan. 2026
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Hamas kidnapped 251 people during its surprise attack, with 85 returning in caskets.—
Jordana Miller,
ABC News,
26 Jan. 2026
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The daily menu includes breakfast egg bowls, specialty pizzas, sandwiches, mac and cheese, sweets boxes and a daily special dinner entree.—
Eddie Fontanez,
AZCentral.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The defender remained upfield after a corner kick, sliding into position inside the 6-yard box to bang home a cross from Emma Sears with her left foot.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
29 Jan. 2026
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Firemen in their command center calm the fears of the locals who call in, law enforcement tracks down tomb robbers, while in the port of Torre Annunziata, Syrian tankers unload Ukrainian grain.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
29 Jan. 2026
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Located in San Pablo Huitzo, in the state of Oaxaca, the tomb was built by the Zapotec culture in around the year 600, according to a statement from Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) last week.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
29 Jan. 2026
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The company’s use of Swiss vaults to hold its approximately 140 tons of gold—which backs its gold token but also forms part of its own treasury—coincides with a record precious metals rally.—
Carlos Garcia,
Fortune,
30 Jan. 2026
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The mart is launching what will become a series of dinner events where one vendor will be selected to invite up to 16 people for an intimate dinner in the Bosch/Thermador Gaggenau showroom, located in the historic vault of the Merchandise Mart National Bank, established in 1930.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
30 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 31 Jan. 2026.
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