Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for body bags
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The content drew attention to the country’s inequality by contrasting the lives of the children of the country’s elite – with designer clothing and foreign vacations – with images of Nepali migrant workers returning home in coffins from dangerous jobs abroad.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025 -
The Ferryman crams the Warren home with upright coffins filled with his former victims.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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Average caskets run between $2,000 and $5,000 in the United States, but some made of mahogany, bronze or copper can cost upward of $10,000, according to the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Consumer Advice department.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
18 Aug. 2025
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The group staged a mock funeral procession in January 2021, with doctors carrying caskets on their shoulders, representing 384 people who had died in the nation’s smallest state of an overdose the previous year.—
Katy Golvala,
Hartford Courant,
4 Aug. 2025
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The ancient tombs, along with the area’s previous finds, suggest this part of Manduria served as a structured cemetery-like space in ancient times.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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Before the most recent excavation, archaeologists had found 17 of these tombs.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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The largest bank in the US, JP Morgan Chase, is among those that no longer allow new customers to rent safety deposit boxes (though continue to maintain them for existing clients) having deemed them too expensive to run.—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
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Spans of control, layers, or boxes on a chart matter less than what the organization is known for and consistently good at.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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