bedded

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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

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

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

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

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2023

"It's not just, it's not," she heard one wizened old woman complain to another when they had bedded down for the night.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin