body bag
noun
: a large zippered bag (as of rubber or vinyl) in which a human corpse is placed especially for transportation
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Outside Gaza City's Al-Shifa hospital, white plastic body bags with corpses were laid out on the street.
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Emily Rose, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Considering viewers never saw his actual body, just a full body bag with his helmet sitting next to it, questions naturally arose.
—Rachel McRady, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
In the final moments of the episode, his body was removed from the lab in a body bag.
—Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
There appeared to be a body bag in the street.
—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Emily Rose, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Considering viewers never saw his actual body, just a full body bag with his helmet sitting next to it, questions naturally arose.
—Rachel McRady, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
In the final moments of the episode, his body was removed from the lab in a body bag.
—Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
There appeared to be a body bag in the street.
—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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“Body bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20bag. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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