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Recent Examples of body bag
Her limbs were found in black trash bags beneath the body bag.
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Nathaniel Percy, Daily News, 22 Apr. 2026
The center of gravity of Wichí weaving is the yica—a word borrowed from Quechua, or hilú in Wichí—a roughly ten-by-ten-inch cross-body bag, an extension of the self that carries objects in close contact with the body.
—María Carri, Artforum, 16 Apr. 2026
At the funeral home in Texas, Jesse’s body was embalmed, his body bag bearing the official tag from the Medical Examiner’s Office was incinerated, and the mortuary placed a new name tag on Jesse’s ankle.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
The information surrounding the body bag was reportedly a surprise to crime lab officials, agency spokesperson Rick Green said.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
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Nathaniel Percy, Daily News, 22 Apr. 2026
The center of gravity of Wichí weaving is the yica—a word borrowed from Quechua, or hilú in Wichí—a roughly ten-by-ten-inch cross-body bag, an extension of the self that carries objects in close contact with the body.
—María Carri, Artforum, 16 Apr. 2026
At the funeral home in Texas, Jesse’s body was embalmed, his body bag bearing the official tag from the Medical Examiner’s Office was incinerated, and the mortuary placed a new name tag on Jesse’s ankle.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
The information surrounding the body bag was reportedly a surprise to crime lab officials, agency spokesperson Rick Green said.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for body bag
Noun
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His coffin was carried home on the Cotton Belt rail line to Rector, where he is buried.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Apr. 2026
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Flowers are thrown over the coffin of journalist Amal Khalil, who was killed in an Israeli strike on April 22, 2026, as mourners carry it during her funeral in Baisariyeh, Lebanon, April 23, 2026.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Unit 4, meanwhile, was sealed with a crude sarcophagus that stood until 2016.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Apr. 2026
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The damage may slash the structure’s expected 100-year lifespan and delay critical dismantling of the underlying Soviet-era sarcophagus, potentially escalating radiation risks.—
Hanna Arhirova,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This includes the importance of gestures such as going to retrieve from the family casket a pin that reproduces the British and American flags together, as well as those that actually fly on the streets of Washington.—
Giorgia Olivieri,
Vanity Fair,
28 Apr. 2026
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The pattern holds across every region of the country, where actual casket burial rates closely match stated first-choice rates, while cremation rates far exceed them.—
Tanya D. Marsh,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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People drove up and opened trunks to reveal boxes and shopping bags full of ancient yellowed papers.—
Mary Norris,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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Wacha felt his chain break after the A’s Carlos Cortes had stepped into the batter’s box.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Some audibly gasped and appeared in shock when it was announced that King Charles III and Queen Camilla would shortly be arriving to lay wreaths at the tomb.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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But in a break with recent precedent, the MOD said no military hardware will roll past Lenin’s tomb this year.—
Nathan Hodge,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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They were found in a basement vault big enough to walk into, authorities said.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
23 Apr. 2026
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As the video demonstrates, von Ensingen’s drawing (not in the show, alas) collapses all the levels, complete with stairs, setbacks, vaults, and columns, onto a single plane.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
23 Apr. 2026
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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Inside the 16th-century basilica, his casket won't be put on an elevated bier—as was the case with past popes—but will just be placed on the main alta, simply facing the pews.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Body bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/body%20bag. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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