mattress

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The room was so small, they had to take turns if they wanted to lie down, and placed a piece of cardboard over a sewer hole as a makeshift mattress.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

Rauzah had hoped her children would have at least a mattress and a roof over their heads by now.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

It shows her injured leg stretched out on the mattress.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

For them, the ultimate vacation luxury isn’t a nice view—it’s a mattress.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

In fact, the household silver had been hidden, some around the kitchen and some in the bed ticking—the thick linen or cotton covering of a mattress.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis