cot
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Sleeping on a cot in the team facility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Devi has used many years’ worth of meager birthday savings to send away for college-admissions materials, which she has cherished “like secret and holy things” and stowed carefully under her cot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
But he also didn’t want to die an old man on a rusted prison cot.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 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
Paralyzed with fright, she lay facedown on her cot, moaning into the pillow.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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