body count

Example Sentences

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Safety regulators and investigators are alarmed by the mounting body count associated with what is believed to be a relatively small number of air bags with DTN parts, people familiar with the situation said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

Cavill adds that while the body count is exaggerated, it encapsulates the work these operatives did throughout the war.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2024

Officials said the body count could change further as efforts to identify the bodies go on.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2023

Changing shape, though, is something that exhausted movie properties struggle to do, and Green and his three co-writers soon revert to the comforting beats of the body count.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2022

Outside, we walked over to a compost bin, where J.T. dumped the contents of his pillowcase and made a body count, noting the number on a piece of paper.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings