mattress
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The passengers’ extra clothing was wrapped in a mattress cover, and in the center of the group stood a few cans of beans and two sacks of flour — all their remaining possessions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Cooling mattress toppers and bedding that use water or phase change materials may also help.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
The mattress maker filed for bankruptcy last month, reaching a deal to be acquired by Sleep Country Canada for nearly $702 million, around $530 million of which is in cash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
The safest place for a baby to sleep is on a firm, flat mattress on their back in a clear cot with no toys inside, according to the baby sleep safety charity the Lullaby Trust.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
They couldn’t go anywhere with the windows boarded up and the door blocked with a mattress.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
One park in Pereira was transformed into a makeshift shelter with tents and mattresses.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
On 18 July, dozens of families hurriedly piled motorcycles with mattresses and any belongings they could manage as they fled the Zeitoun area, east of Gaza City.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
DONGGUAN, China—At a factory so big it could fit dozens of football fields, Chinese furniture manufacturer DeRucci churns out up to 5,000 mattresses a day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
The station floors -- packed with people taking their pets, tents, air mattresses, prams and cots -- have become overcrowded.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
Among us scratches and lumbers Vishnoo, the shipboard tortoise kept so that he might dispose of the roaches that hang on the beams and scuttle into the straw of our mattresses.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
