bed down
Example Sentences
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Homeless men often bed down in sleeping bags and tents and are therefore more visible, but for safety concerns, many female rough sleepers don't.
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025
She now pulls into a Safe Parking L.A. lot each night to bed down.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2025
Migrants in Massachusetts have had to bed down in airport lounges, hospital waiting rooms and churches.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2024
They roam through the abandoned city of Pripyat and bed down in the highly contaminated Semikhody train station.
From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2023
Although the mosquitoes are thick tonight and the bus would no doubt offer some refuge, I decide not to bed down inside Fairbanks 142.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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