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Recent Examples of body bag
In the meantime, those on the front lines focus on saving lives, one body bag full of ice at a time.
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Bill Weir, CNN, 1 Aug. 2024
Patients are placed in a body bag filled with ice water.
—Richard Ruelas, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2024
Today, even as the war winds down, Iranian body bags continue to return home.
—Ariane M. Tabatabai, Foreign Affairs, 16 Aug. 2019
Paramedics in Phoenix now travel with body bags filled with ice in which to immerse people suffering heat exhaustion or heatstroke.
—Amy O'Kruk and Angela Dewan, CNN, 13 Aug. 2024
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Bill Weir, CNN, 1 Aug. 2024
Patients are placed in a body bag filled with ice water.
—Richard Ruelas, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2024
Today, even as the war winds down, Iranian body bags continue to return home.
—Ariane M. Tabatabai, Foreign Affairs, 16 Aug. 2019
Paramedics in Phoenix now travel with body bags filled with ice in which to immerse people suffering heat exhaustion or heatstroke.
—Amy O'Kruk and Angela Dewan, CNN, 13 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for body bag
Noun
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The coffin interiors provide a contrasting color to the black.Simon Hill, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
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Things go from bad to worse on the car ride to the ceremony to load Ronnie’s coffin onto a military transport plane back to the U.S.Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
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Elsewhere, a black granite sarcophagus is meant to be an homage to AIDS victims; this, too, empties into bathos.Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 14 June 2024
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King James must be rolling over in his sarcophagus.Nolan Finley, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024
Noun
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She was photographed placing flowers on her mother’s casket alongside sister Yasmin at her May 18 funeral.Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2024
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Lisa ushered the artist inside to open Ben’s casket and check out his tattoos firsthand.Kim Willis, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024
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The Crockett Chamber of Commerce Oktoberfest will feature live polka music, axe throwing, a classic car show and a yodeling contest, plus German bier, brezen and wurstle.Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2024
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Kim Jong-un visited the bier of Mr. Kim early Wednesday to pay tribute.Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 8 May 2024
Noun
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There are endless ruins to discover… the remains of villas, palaces, theaters, castles, churches, tombs, and more... The Paphos Mosaics are one of the finest examples of ancient mosaics in the Eastern Mediterranean and should absolutely be at the top of your must-see list.Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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The fights are silly; the final scene in the tomb is bizarrely quick and awkward.Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
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Rattling bags and boxes work, but nothing beats the real thing.Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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But a sizable portion of those ballots get placed in drop boxes on Election Day, and those results may not be collected or counted until polls close, which may hold up a clear result depending on how close the race is.Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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The trajectory of another famous figure in the Warner Bros. vault offers an example, Oberschelp says.Jennifer Maas, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
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Last year, Carey’s video saw the singer being unfrozen from a vault just in time for Nov. 1.Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Body bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/body%20bag. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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