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Recent Examples of body bag
Emergency crews carried black body bags from a burning apartment building as onlookers wept and hugged in the dark.
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Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2025
Someone will leave Thailand in a body bag, which is to say, reborn.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2025
As fabulous family matriarch Anita Dupree on CBS‘ new daytime drama Beyond the Gates, Tunie’s latest role involves handling less body bags and more Birkin bags.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 25 Feb. 2025
If no body bag is available, cover the corpse with a blanket.
—Jenny Gross, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2025
Someone will leave Thailand in a body bag, which is to say, reborn.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2025
As fabulous family matriarch Anita Dupree on CBS‘ new daytime drama Beyond the Gates, Tunie’s latest role involves handling less body bags and more Birkin bags.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 25 Feb. 2025
If no body bag is available, cover the corpse with a blanket.
—Jenny Gross, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for body bag
Noun
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The concussive sound of the first shovelful of dirt on the pine coffin, like the rending of the garment, shockingly tactile.—
David Bezmozgis,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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But Azzi Fudd began to put the nail in the coffin in the third quarter, dropping 11 of her 24 points in the frame.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
6 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Think outside the box, or rather, the sarcophagus, and take your crush to the closest museum to sniff the mummies.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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Orlok’s full reveal comes when Ellen’s (Lily-Rose Depp) husband Thomas (Nicholas Hoult) heads to the crypt and finds the sarcophagus.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The detective is at a cemetery, where the police are exhuming a casket.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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Consequently, as the Longacre exhumation shows, Polly was buried in Longacre’s casket, and Arthur couldn’t bear to strip his father of his dignity.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The German microbrewery/restaurant has installed new TVs in its bier hall and at the bar for your viewing pleasure.—
Sam Allard,
Axios,
7 Feb. 2025
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The Senate may well have all been murdered on Lucilla’s weird, theater-y funeral bier.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
22 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Those kinds of things probably weren't very interesting to tomb robbers.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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For our group, this one opened a new world, just as wondrous as the temples and tombs of ancient Egypt.—
Francine Kiefer,
Christian Science Monitor,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Hader unleashed a slider that started in the zone and ended in the right-handed batter’s box.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Household Essentials Handwoven Tray $34 $24 at Amazon Coffee table must-haves like remotes or tissue boxes don’t always look the most aesthetically pleasing, but a tray can keep these items neat and in place with a stylish touch.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In response, Trump allies have dug through the vault to hit them with their own words.—
Haisten Willis,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Apr. 2025
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In times of rising tension, governments need more gold in their vaults.—
Clem Chambers,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Body bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/body%20bag. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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