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bed

[bed] / bɛd /


NOUN
patch of ground for planting
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Steinem described her mother as disappearing down the street in her nightgown, or marooned in bed “with eyes closed and lips moving in occasional response to voices only she could hear.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

When Lucy* puts her child to bed, she hears a constant humming.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Gammer said he can now put the questions to bed.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

Then, on Tuesday, I got a photo of her in a hospital bed, and I cried because I guess I hadn’t realized she could get thinner.

From Salon Aug. 31, 2026

I had just reached the bed again when the bedroom door flew open.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

"There might be a family of five in one single room sharing a few beds, sleeping on the floor, nowhere to cook."

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

David Reid said lives were being put at risk due to ambulances being held up outside hospitals when no beds were available.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

It’s church bells; bunk beds in 15-euro hostels; and some grand cities but also lots of tiny towns that exist because people with backpacks keep arriving.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

The team would put the players up in hotel rooms with two beds, subjecting Freeman to the incessant clicking of Heyward texting.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

I put them on their chains so they could get at the fresh straw in their houses to make soft beds and realized that I had learned something again that night.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

The dead are placed in sealed vessels bedded with clover, hay and straw and equipped to regulate airflow, temperature and moisture.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 6, 2026

Now the big changes have bedded with further refinements carried out two years ago.

From BBC May 12, 2025

I walked the wooded banks of the rivers that converge in the capital and found just a few dozen spots where men had bedded down on simple mats of cardboard or newspaper.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 7, 2024

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

From Seattle Times Nov. 4, 2023

We bedded down in the stables with the bicycles.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

The suite came with your standard front-of-the-plane amenities: a bigger screen with remote, bedding, skin-care lotion, socks, eye mask, a reusable water bottle, ear plugs and noise-canceling headphones.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 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

On St Kilda, before the archipelago was abandoned in 1930, birds were killed for their meat and also oils for fuel and waterproofing, while the feathers were used for clothing and bedding.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

Wrap ice packs in a cloth or place them on a tray to avoid condensation soaking bedding or direct cold contact with skin.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

But I can make out the lump beneath a mound of bedding that’s my mom.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas




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