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Recent Examples of body bag
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images But the video the screenshot was taken from was of humanitarian workers lifting body bags in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Reuters said.
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/ Cbs News, CBS News, 23 May 2025
Rescue teams brought bodies out of the water in blue body bags.
—Arkansas Online, 10 June 2025
Paramedics loaded a small body bag into the vehicle.
—Melissa Cook, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
Rights group Amnesty International spoke to three residents, who said there was a rising need for body bags, torches, and mosquito repellant coils.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
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/ Cbs News, CBS News, 23 May 2025
Rescue teams brought bodies out of the water in blue body bags.
—Arkansas Online, 10 June 2025
Paramedics loaded a small body bag into the vehicle.
—Melissa Cook, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
Rights group Amnesty International spoke to three residents, who said there was a rising need for body bags, torches, and mosquito repellant coils.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for body bag
Noun
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This Fall may be the final nail in the coffin, however.—
John Cassillo,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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The biggest revelation in both movies is that throughout the war Lucas had heroin shipped to the U.S. from Vietnam in coffins containing dead soldiers.—
Steve Bloom,
HollywoodReporter,
24 June 2025
Noun
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The sarcophagus is now undergoing conservation before being presented to the public.—
Aurora Martínez,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 June 2025
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While the Nosferatu sarcophagus debuted ahead of the holidays, the official NBCUniversal shop site warns that the beds, which are made to order, likely won’t arrive in time for Christmas.—
Mia Galuppo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Other green burials, which avoid embalming chemicals and use biodegradable caskets, already are legal in Minnesota.—
Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
16 July 2025
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Caisson units provide horses and soldiers to pull caskets at military funerals.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
9 July 2025
Noun
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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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In the past, the pope's body would be displayed on an elevated frame known as a bier.—
Alec Schemmel,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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For centuries, this fungus was feared as a silent killer lurking in ancient tombs, responsible for mysterious deaths and the legend of the pharaoh’s curse.—
Justin Stebbing,
JSTOR Daily,
24 July 2025
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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.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
22 July 2025
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On Thursday, Israel’s military took journalists to the Gaza side of the Kerem Shalom crossing where hundreds of boxes of aid were on pallets filling a huge lot.—
Sam Mednick,
Chicago Tribune,
26 July 2025
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Though nothing outside could compete with the moment a uniformed attendant arrived bearing a two-tiered, Tiffany-blue box filled with desserts, accompanied by a souvenir menu with pop-up paper cutouts.—
Naomi Tomky,
Travel + Leisure,
26 July 2025
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Most of the committee’s work was done in a secure records vault at CIA Headquarters.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
1 Aug. 2025
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In true Ocean’s fashion, the plot is locked in the vault.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
31 July 2025
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“Body bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/body%20bag. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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