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body bag

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Definition of body bag

as in coffin

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Recent Examples of body bag Health workers are confronting severe shortages of basic supplies, like medicine, masks, gloves, face shields, medicine, testing kits, body bags, running water and soap. — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026 New graves for bags of bones At the end of the search, family members and rescue workers recite prayers, standing behind 50 white body bags laid out in the dirt. — Anas Baba, NPR, 6 May 2026 The Rimowa collection also features a cross-body bag in orange made in Italy from calf leather, a shopping bag, a trifold toiletry pouch and packing cubes. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026 Prosecutors allege Burke later bought a shovel, chainsaws, a body bag, and a blue inflatable pool under a fake name online and used the items to dismember Rivas in his garage. — Nancy Dillon, VIBE.com, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for body bag

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At the ages of 15 and 12, the brothers walked shoulder-to-shoulder behind their mother Princess Diana's coffin in 1997.

— Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Mourners chanted non-stop, with no sign of the ayatollah’s coffin more than an hour after the procession’s official start time.

— Xiaoqian Lin, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

Definition of coffin

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This month, the hospital granted rare access to reporters from the Associated Press, allowing them into rooms that lie on either side of the centerpiece of Les Invalides, a soaring mausoleum that holds Napoleon’s sarcophagus.

— Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
This month, the hospital granted rare access to reporters from The Associated Press, allowing them into rooms that lie on either side of the centerpiece of Les Invalides, a soaring mausoleum that holds Napoleon's sarcophagus.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 May 2026

Definition of sarcophagus

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Even a small planter box or patio corner with a few aromatic plants can work.

— Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026
De Ketelaere, starting over the more physical Lukaku, Belgium’s all-time leading scorer, got free on the edge of the six-yard box and ran onto a centering pass from Nicolas Raskin, then made the easy tap-in for his first World Cup goal.

— Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

Definition of box

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Some gold ETFs directly invest in bullion kept in vaults, while others invest in shares of mining companies that tend to follow the price of gold while also being swayed by the companies’ management decisions, efficiency and financials.

— Liz Knueven, CNBC, 2 July 2026
For those looking for simple car camping (beginner) Each of these campgrounds are in Angeles National Forest, offer piped water and vault toilets, and have sites with picnic tables, parking spots and campfire rings.

— Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

Definition of vault

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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
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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