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bedsheet

[bed-sheet] / ˈbɛdˌʃit /
NOUN
fitted sheet
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In even a light breeze the polyester billows, like a bedsheet on a clothesline, providing enough shade for a family.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026

Rehan Faisal, who owned a bedsheet shop, said that he was able to escape because his shop was located near one of the exits - he broke down the door to get out.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2026

In a small, oil-stained alley in Long Beach, under a yellow bedsheet tied to a chain-link fence, Fernando Gonzalez sat cross-legged, fighting off sleep amid the summer heat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2024

“First, it should surprise no one that there was DNA on the bedsheet that matched the DNA inside Ms. Nickens,” wrote Sara G. Vanore, an assistant district attorney in Delaware County, Pa.

From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2023

Otherwise you live with your face squashed against a wall, everything a huge foreground, of details, close-ups, hairs, the weave of the bedsheet, the molecules of the face.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

Racing against a stopwatch, a group of women folds bedsheets as they train to join an Indian startup that offers instant home services, transforming a traditionally word-of-mouth sector and promising better pay.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

For all the digital wizardry emerging in war zones, armed combat still relies on explosive power, much of which comes from the same plants used to make T-shirts and bedsheets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

They covered him with curtains of bedsheets before removing him from the stage.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

Amazon, the Jeff Bezos-owned online retailer that sells items ranging from electronics to bedsheets, started carrying groceries and household essentials more than two decades ago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026

She would never tolerate a stain anywhere, especially not on the bedsheets of her big four-poster.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland


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