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pillow

[pil-oh] / ˈpɪl oʊ /
NOUN
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Thirty-three involved a long straw design and 21 were pillow bottle-holders designed to fasten around a baby's neck.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

“I can be your pillow, mommy,” her daughter said, nuzzling into her neck.

From Salon May 27, 2026

Halfway through the trial, Brockman started bringing a white pillow to sit on.

From The Wall Street Journal May 16, 2026

She interviews guests but can also go into a 30-plus minute monologue without a script when she records at iHeart’s midtown Manhattan studios, where ChaCha looks on from a cushy pillow.

From Los Angeles Times May 10, 2026

She hands me the pillow and I hand her the bottle of Perfect Petunia Pink.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

So as soon as the air alert starts, she takes blankets and pillows into the bathroom with her children and hunkers down.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

Potentially dangerous baby products - including self-feeding devices, pillows and sleeping bags - are still being sold on online marketplaces in the UK, according to Which?.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Latecomers put their pillows ever closer to the platform’s edge.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

The new stores, dubbed Bed Bath & Beyond + The Container Store, will offer home organizational products as well as bed sheets, pillows and more.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 22, 2026

Lizzie said nothing more about it, as I washed her, and then arranged her pillows and made her comfortable again.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

Mr. Djiba, the mango seller, had hoped to sleep pillowed on a pile of life jackets on the boat, but a guard dislodged him, so he went into the restaurant.

From New York Times Sep. 25, 2022

But a new facade of pillowed concrete, along with arched skylights in the workshop areas, add touches of refinement to what is essentially a space to make artistic messes.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 16, 2019

I raced through steep pine forests pillowed with heavy snow and frozen aspens, the Wasatch mountains rolling by in swirls of purple and brilliant white.

From The Guardian Nov. 18, 2016

So, in Bright Star, Keats is not just Romantic but romantic too: head pillowed upon fair Fanny’s breast, mooning about in blue velvet tails, he essentially speaks in his own verse.

From Slate Apr. 26, 2012

He curled up on the concrete with his head pillowed on his paws.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

The musical orchestration pillowing their voices is lovely, the singing sincere.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 5, 2024

I lie facedown on her bed, pillowing my head on my arms, completely drained in the aftermath of a hellish morning.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

He lay back, pillowing his head on his hands.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Kaede built the small fire as quickly as she could, and Con pulled Shae’s sleeping form toward it, pillowing her head on a rolled-up blanket.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

Kaede rolled over, pillowing her head on her bent arm to look at him.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo




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