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bed

[bed] / bɛd /


NOUN
patch of ground for planting
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Staring back at my bed, I wish I was, in fact, still sleeping.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

To protect his circadian rhythm, he wears red-light glasses every night as he winds down before bed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

In a further clip released by West Midlands Police, Day is seen wearing a Dexter-style khaki top while lying on a bed at Dudley's Russells Hall Hospital where he was arrested at 03:42.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

I went to bed at a decent hour Monday night and got a pretty good sleep.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

He held his phone above him on his bed.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Participants only needed to place a small amount of essential oil near their beds.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

But it came with issues, with some teams complaining the units were too cramped and the beds too short.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

By September, Wilson slashed her goal to around 1,000 beds in two years, blaming budget constraints and the pace of government.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

The homeless count recorded 638 beds at Union Rescue Mission that went uncounted last year, leading to a reported 24% rise in homelessness on Skid Row.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

After a few choruses of “All Hail to the Land Incorrigible,” the national anthem that they began making up on the spot, all three children finally declined and fell into their beds.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Dockweiler RV Park was No. 13 of the 15 places they’ve bedded down since the Eaton fire destroyed their Altadena home last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

The wards and corridors are teeming with patients, and with families seeking shelter, who have bedded down on the floor.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2024

Kohli and Rahul bedded down for a fight thereafter but they struggled under the relentless pressure and the scoring rate fell as the paid fought to preserve wickets.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 19, 2023

Although Mole was happy to be away from people and bedded down in his own home, he was faced with a problem.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

He also took notice of the items being put on sale — from clothing to shoes, to home goods like bedding.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

"They took him from me and then they told me to go back in the nursery and take the bedding out of his cot and get it ready for the next baby," she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 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

In the farthest corner there was a heap of rags she took for bedding, and that was all she could see.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman




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