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bedsheet

[bed-sheet] / ˈbɛdˌʃit /
NOUN
fitted sheet
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In even a light breeze the polyester billows, like a bedsheet on a clothesline, providing enough shade for a family.

From The Wall Street Journal May 23, 2026

Rehan Faisal, who owned a bedsheet shop, said that he was able to escape because his shop was located near one of the exits - he broke down the door to get out.

From BBC Jan. 20, 2026

He said sometimes bodies were left on gurneys in the hallways outside of the morgue covered with nothing more than a bedsheet.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2025

“First, it should surprise no one that there was DNA on the bedsheet that matched the DNA inside Ms. Nickens,” wrote Sara G. Vanore, an assistant district attorney in Delaware County, Pa.

From New York Times Jul. 25, 2023

By lifting Garfield's bedsheet as he lay upon it, a group of doctors and attendants gently shifted him from his bed onto a stretcher.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

The pressure to make precisely the right choice — or else — is what’s gotten society’s bedsheets in a twist.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

Racing against a stopwatch, a group of women folds bedsheets as they train to join an Indian startup that offers instant home services, transforming a traditionally word-of-mouth sector and promising better pay.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

For all the digital wizardry emerging in war zones, armed combat still relies on explosive power, much of which comes from the same plants used to make T-shirts and bedsheets.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

It’s 11:47 p.m., and Sarah is changing her father’s bedsheets for the second time in one night.

From MarketWatch Nov. 25, 2025

“They had us cut up old bedsheets into strips for bandages. You should see the blister I’ve got on my thumb. It’s a real whopper.”

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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