cot
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Devi has used many years’ worth of meager birthday savings to send away for college-admissions materials, which she has cherished “like secret and holy things” and stowed carefully under her cot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
But he also didn’t want to die an old man on a rusted prison cot.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
Welsh said: "These adverts are pumped at you when you've gone through the most horrendous circumstances - it's like walking through the door and someone's put a cot in your front room."
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
Marfisee and her students walked through the surrounding neighborhood, went cot to cot in the women’s dorm and held two informational sessions in December and January to answer patients’ questions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026
She sat on the edge of one cot; the thin, lumpy mattress and pained squeak of the old springs made her sigh with contentment.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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