bassinet
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“He had just finished setting up the bassinet, shelves, and his baby basket,” said Trejo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
Shen bought a used bassinet — which retails for $300 new — for $30, for example.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 14, 2026
Pictures of the new arrival included Poppy lying in a bassinet with their other children standing over her, as well as being held by Carrie, 37, and Boris Johnson, 60, in hospital.
From BBC ● May 24, 2025
For example, some families may not have the means to purchase a crib or bassinet; a hospital might direct them to resources to help with that.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 22, 2024
We were around the table—me, Mom, Q.P. in his chair, Mama Sweetie, Scrap, James, and little Raymond in his bassinet.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
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These tend to be the people buying $1,700 bassinets that rock their babies to sleep, artisanal food for their dogs, pricey gym memberships, luxury cruises and spots on business-class airplane cabins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
The Baby Industrial Complex will convince you that you need six different kinds of bassinets, co-sleepers, etc.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2023
“We had bassinets in the back of the tour bus,” James said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2023
It requires any product designed for sleeping babies to meet within one year the mandatory federal standards already in place for cribs, bassinets, bedside sleepers and play yards.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2021
Etienne imagines shortwave receivers disguised as oatmeal boxes or tucked under floorboards, receivers buried beneath flagstones or concealed inside bassinets.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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