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bed

[bed] / bɛd /


NOUN
patch of ground for planting
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Although it's important to note that this contest hasn't been a bed of roses, with Monica Lennon labelling the party "quite nasty" when she failed to make the final leadership ballot.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

The message contrasted from that of a post Wietrzyk made earlier in the week that, according to the Athletic, also included a selfie of the athlete apparently in a hospital bed.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

But Eavis has put those rumours to bed in a direct response to one Glastonbury-goer on social media.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

He stumbled out of bed in his underwear and down the hall to his darkened living room.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

I only knew, as I lay in my bed at the top of the house, that certain moments from long ago stood out in focus against the blur of years.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Long lost oyster beds on the West Coast of Scotland have been rediscovered thanks to Gaelic and Scots language.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

Because Lululemon was running on a shoestring budget, Wilson rented one hotel room for them to share, with separate beds.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

“It determines who gets access to beds, it determines how we are able to respond to the crisis on our streets.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

The warehouse had been converted into a living space, complete with beds, washing facilities, a kitchen, and even a fitness area.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

I took the man and his four-year-old son out in the canoe to work some crappie beds.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

The party's leadership characterise the last two years since the general election as "stage one" when a largely new intake of MPs bedded into their constituencies.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

Mr. Scott charts a course through these momentous events with great skill, producing a book that is readable and accessible but bedded in authoritative scholarship.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 8, 2026

Photos taken with your smartphone have the location and other information bedded within the image.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 9, 2024

As dusk approached, he bedded down at home in case the Israeli army advanced at nightfall.

From Seattle Times Nov. 4, 2023

They bedded down on the couch and the floor.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Some had access to water, but the litter trays and bedding were dirty and "strewn on the floor".

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Hundreds of volunteers hurried through the packed parking lot next to Bogota's largest stadium, forming human chains to pass donated water bottles, food provisions, sanitary products and bedding to the sorting area.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

Tractor Supply is responding by lowering prices on some of its popular items, including pine shavings for animal bedding and premium pet-food.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

The next morning, she woke up to a "horrible realisation", feeling itchy with red lumps over her body and blood spots smeared on the bedding — the tell-tale signs of bed bugs, she said.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

They have a special midden where they put out their used bones and rubbish, proper earth closets, and bedrooms whose bedding they turn out frequently, to keep it clean.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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