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Recent Examples of body bag
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.
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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
Mas has recreated the image of carnage on the same scale as Picasso’s original, with the addition of black body bags referencing those used for casualties of the war in Ukraine.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
If no body bag is available, cover the corpse with a blanket.
—Jenny Gross, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
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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
Mas has recreated the image of carnage on the same scale as Picasso’s original, with the addition of black body bags referencing those used for casualties of the war in Ukraine.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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 discovery included a wooden coffin and several burials, dating back to when the building served as a convent and hospital.—
Real-Time news team,
Miami Herald,
23 May 2025
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The twins died a month before their 20th birthdays The brothers were laid to rest on March 28, in matching coffins at a cemetery in suburban Atlanta.—
Javon Huynh,
CNN Money,
23 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
Noun
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At his funeral in Guatemala, his sister draped herself over his casket, weeping.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
8 May 2025
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Francis had also asked to be buried in a simple wooden casket.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 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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The city’s monuments, which include several royal palaces, ritual sites and tombs, have been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.—
Catherine Nicholls,
CNN Money,
25 May 2025
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The gravesite also houses the tombs of Edith Piaf and Oscar Wilde and has long been a site for fans of the rocker to pay their respects in the area known as Poet's Corner. Paris' official tourism website states that crowds gather there on the anniversary of Morrison's death on July 3 every year.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
20 May 2025
Noun
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Navigate the map to a specific address or intersection by searching for it in the search box at the bottom of the map.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
27 May 2025
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The Caribbean nation roughly a third of the size of Rhode Island checks every box and does so with an effortless elegance.—
DeMarco Williams,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
Noun
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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 6 Jun. 2025.
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