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Recent Examples of body bag
Images from the scene on official channels showed black body bags lining the side of the road, while more bodies were seen wrapped in foil blankets amid the debris.
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Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Liv jumps into the water to flee the zombies, but suffers a scratch and wakes up on a beach in a body bag, craving brains.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2025
Films like Totally Killer (2023), The Blackening (2022), the Fear Street trilogy (2021), There’s Someone Inside Your House (2021), and Black Christmas (2019) aren’t anti-death but have more investment in their characters than a desire to fill body bags.
—Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025
And at one point, Lochlan was in a body bag
But not to leave the resort.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
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Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Liv jumps into the water to flee the zombies, but suffers a scratch and wakes up on a beach in a body bag, craving brains.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2025
Films like Totally Killer (2023), The Blackening (2022), the Fear Street trilogy (2021), There’s Someone Inside Your House (2021), and Black Christmas (2019) aren’t anti-death but have more investment in their characters than a desire to fill body bags.
—Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025
And at one point, Lochlan was in a body bag
But not to leave the resort.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for body bag
Noun
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But the final nail in the coffin of the film’s watchability is how much effort the octogenarian star actually puts into the role.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
4 June 2025
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New York scored six times in the eighth, with Brandon Nimmo’s two-run homer feeling like a nail in the coffin.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
Noun
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In an apse, near the site of the sarcophagus, is a sparkling mosaic of Jesus in reddish and gold robes sitting atop the orb of the world.—
Elizabeth Dias,
New York Times,
8 May 2025
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The basilica was built over a white marble sarcophagus that, for some 2,000 years, has been believed to be the tomb of St. Paul. Charles' visit will happen during the Papal Jubilee, a year of forgiveness and reconciliation that is celebrated by the Catholic Church every 25 years.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
18 Mar. 2025
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Once the casket was resealed, it was carried through the streets with visitors following the procession.—
Nick Butler,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2025
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And the county isn’t pre-selling casket spaces right now since there are so few left; that won’t change until the public cemetery in Anaheim Hills opens.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
24 May 2025
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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
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Baki’s tomb had a long, hall-like courtyard, with a second courtyard leading to the entrance of the tomb.—
Monica Cull,
Discover Magazine,
27 May 2025
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In February, archaeologists revealed the lost tomb of Thutmose II, a pharaoh who ruled during the 15th century B.C.E.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 May 2025
Noun
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Fever assistant Austin Kelly — who acted as head coach Saturday in the stead of Stephanie White, who was away from the team for personal reasons — remembered watching the Bulls on box TVs in hotel rooms while traveling with his AAU team during the ’90s.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2025
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According to Opta, Madueke had more touches (12) than any other player in the opposition’s box, completed the most dribbles (three), and finished joint-first in duels won (seven), alongside Jude Bellingham and Dan Burn.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
8 June 2025
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The moment a secret is used—in a script, an API call or a pipeline—the vault loses all visibility and control.—
Ofir Har-Chen,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Those do-it-all performances are the types of games that vault teams into the NBA Finals and players into superstardom.—
Eric Nehm,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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“Body bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/body%20bag. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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