pillow
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McCarthy, an associate professor at the Manchester School of Physiotherapy, says the right pillow will depend on what position you sleep in.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
For back sleepers, some manufacturers advertise a pillow with a dip in the middle that is raised at the sides.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
But they can change shape during the night, particularly if the sleeper moves around a lot and the pillow can end up bunched towards the headboard.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Someone who has a large and heavy head also needs a thicker and firmer pillow, he adds.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Then a faraway look came into his eyes as he rested his cheeks on both hands on his pillow.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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Alan Jones and Kelly Fewery also said their family was "absolutely exhausted" after sleeping on the floor of Dalaman Airport in Turkey without blankets or pillows.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Sales of nonfood items—throw pillows, kitchen gadgets and apparel—tend to garner higher margins and aren’t categories where Walmart already dominates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Then I added the rigatoni and enough pasta water to turn the vegetables velvety, finishing each bowl with the crisp crumbs, little pillows of chèvre and torn basil.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Reusable ice packs, freezer blocks or cooling pillows may help some people feel more comfortable.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
“It would make a dreadful mess, too, since the pillows are stuffed with feathers.”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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“He was wafted bodily up onto the wall and into the mural itself. He felt himself pillowed on clouds, and saw stretching before him a grand panorama of palaces and pavilions,” wrote Pu.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2020
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
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The musical orchestration pillowing their voices is lovely, the singing sincere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024
He lay back, pillowing his head on his hands.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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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
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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
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Kaede rolled over, pillowing her head on her bent arm to look at him.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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