pillowcase
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The kids are “going to have a pillowcase full of candy anyhow.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
The haul at one pond on a recent day was enough to fill four sacks, each roughly the size of a large pillowcase.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
They placed hand warmers in the snake’s tank, then put him in a pillowcase with a Ziploc bag of hot water and stuck the pillowcase in an insulated sleeping bag.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
A reddish-brown stained pillowcase and hair strands are among the items seized by the police from Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger's apartment, according to an unsealed search warrant.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2023
I lie down on the cot, the paper pillowcase crackling in my ears like radio static.
From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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Branded pillowcases, glasses and gold-rimmed plates are among the items that have allegedly vanished from the jet.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2024
By late 2022, more than 100 people were living there in wall-to-wall tents alongside seven-figure bungalows, a shop selling $180 linen pillowcases and the Gold’s Gym that Arnold Schwarzenegger made famous.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2024
Now, if you took home economics in school, you might just think of baking brownies and sewing pillowcases.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 26, 2023
Winfrey also told the BBC she “went shopping” at Walmart and Costco to get her supplies, which also included shampoo, diapers, sheets and pillowcases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2023
Clutching the pillowcases close to her chest, she walked toward her house.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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