featherbed
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The lights flickered on and weightlessness returned, cradling me like a featherbed.
From Nature ● Oct. 17, 2017
“The program has also become a kind of featherbed for parents who might have, in the past, considered redshirting their children.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2016
Bit worried, the pitch looks a featherbed without Mitchy bowling on it.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2010
It was that shortage of variety that led Notts to gamble on a result pitch here, when a draw on a featherbed would have better-suited their title challenge.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 7, 2010
When die fire was out, they carried off the singed featherbed, burned away the worst of the smoke, and brought up a,tub.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Commuters have been "featherbedded" but other passengers have been hit hard, Doe argues.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2013
A solid pension, good connections, membership of the right clubs, a contented, featherbedded old age.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 21, 2012
The couple's action-packed lifestyle comes thanks to their erstwhile employer, telecom company Pacific Bell, which featherbedded them into early retirement.
From Time ● Jun. 11, 2011
Tens of thousands of featherbedded employees jammed deficit-ridden state enterprises.
From Time Magazine Archive
For a time Pinto was able to stop the endless cranking out of meaningless new currency; he also fought against featherbedded government payrolls, called on workers and management to hold down wages and prices.
From Time Magazine Archive
Policies that protect U.S. jobs at a cost of featherbedding and inefficiency are a mistake.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 6, 2021
We can certainly find lots of instances of journalistic corruption -- fake quotes, fabricated stories, featherbedding etc.
From Fox News ● Sep. 16, 2020
The police have not defined their costs, and without a clear accounting of them, Wittenberg and other race promoters say they could end up becoming a victim of featherbedding.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2011
When every joke about your business mentions featherbedding, you should be worried about outsourcing.
From Economist ● Dec. 16, 2010
"I did have a feeling," Dasinger admitted, "that Willata's Fleet was doing a little featherbedding when they said I'd have to hire a crew of three to go along with their speedboat."
From The Star Hyacinths by Virgil Finlay
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