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Recent Examples of body bag
Following the arrest, officers recovered a loaded semi-automatic handgun, which contained a magazine loaded with 13 live rounds of ammunition, from a cross-body bag the 16-year-old was wearing, police said.
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Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Her limbs were found in black trash bags beneath the body bag.
—Nathaniel Percy, Daily News, 22 Apr. 2026
The center of gravity of Wichí weaving is the yica—a word borrowed from Quechua, or hilú in Wichí—a roughly ten-by-ten-inch cross-body bag, an extension of the self that carries objects in close contact with the body.
—María Carri, Artforum, 16 Apr. 2026
Two bodies could be seen being removed from the home in body bags on stretchers around 10 a.m. Thursday.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2026
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Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Her limbs were found in black trash bags beneath the body bag.
—Nathaniel Percy, Daily News, 22 Apr. 2026
The center of gravity of Wichí weaving is the yica—a word borrowed from Quechua, or hilú in Wichí—a roughly ten-by-ten-inch cross-body bag, an extension of the self that carries objects in close contact with the body.
—María Carri, Artforum, 16 Apr. 2026
Two bodies could be seen being removed from the home in body bags on stretchers around 10 a.m. Thursday.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for body bag
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The final nail in the coffin may have been Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl, a 2012 juggernaut that primed the public for twisty, femme-centric thrillers—a hunger that still hasn’t faded.—
Hillary Busis,
Vanity Fair,
4 May 2026
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Just four years later, the LIV players are learning that another business decision might be the final nail in the coffin of the whole endeavor.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Unit 4, meanwhile, was sealed with a crude sarcophagus that stood until 2016.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Apr. 2026
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The damage may slash the structure’s expected 100-year lifespan and delay critical dismantling of the underlying Soviet-era sarcophagus, potentially escalating radiation risks.—
Hanna Arhirova,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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This includes the importance of gestures such as going to retrieve from the family casket a pin that reproduces the British and American flags together, as well as those that actually fly on the streets of Washington.—
Giorgia Olivieri,
Vanity Fair,
28 Apr. 2026
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The pattern holds across every region of the country, where actual casket burial rates closely match stated first-choice rates, while cremation rates far exceed them.—
Tanya D. Marsh,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2026
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In one instance at the Fashion Valley mall, the crew allegedly stole 25 boxes of designer goods, prosecutors said.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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When workers checked the drop box, there was a miscommunication about whether it had been fully emptied, the office said.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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King Charles takes a moment to pay his respects while standing in front of the tomb.—
Staff Author Updated,
PEOPLE,
1 May 2026
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Some audibly gasped and appeared in shock when it was announced that King Charles III and Queen Camilla would shortly be arriving to lay wreaths at the tomb.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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The collection was packed away in the museum’s vault, untouched for decades to avoid offending Islamic values or creating the appearance of catering to Western sensibilities.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 May 2026
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The Bankers’ Bar is lined with vault drawers, calling back to the building’s origins as the headquarters of a 1950s bank.—
Eddi Fiegel,
Robb Report,
7 May 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 May. 2026.
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