body bag
noun
: a large zippered bag (as of rubber or vinyl) in which a human corpse is placed especially for transportation
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Aides played a propaganda video, and Trump held up a photograph of body bags which, according to Reuters, actually showed aid workers burying corpses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 1 June 2025
The video screen offered images that included body bags and graves that Trump claimed contained dead white farmers.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2025
In fact, the video, published by Reuters on February 3 and subsequently verified by the news agency’s fact check team, showed humanitarian workers lifting body bags in the Congolese city of Goma.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
As medics cart out Bobby’s zipped up body bag, his captain’s helmet was left behind.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 18 Apr. 2025
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Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 1 June 2025
The video screen offered images that included body bags and graves that Trump claimed contained dead white farmers.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2025
In fact, the video, published by Reuters on February 3 and subsequently verified by the news agency’s fact check team, showed humanitarian workers lifting body bags in the Congolese city of Goma.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
As medics cart out Bobby’s zipped up body bag, his captain’s helmet was left behind.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Body bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20bag. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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