nightstand
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I picked up a coffee table, desk, side table and nightstand for free.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Unlike a wearable, which is easy enough to leave on your nightstand, the loo is something you can’t forget to use.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025
The pain in my forehead was sharp, as if I had just slammed it against the nightstand.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2024
They found four handguns and seized $21,000 from a nightstand and $2,583 from Warren’s pocket, his lawyer, Geoffrey Ojo, wrote in court papers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2024
Ben starts tearing the bed apart, and then he runs to the nightstand and pulls out the drawer and empties it on the bed.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
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The most annoying, she said, is that Olson, 48, a marketing professional, places glasses of water for the cats on the couple’s nightstands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
“Styles have changed, lifestyles have changed. The younger generation might want smaller pieces, like nightstands or a little coffee table they could paint Fire Engine Red.”
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 30, 2025
For example, select the color and material for your sofa before selecting your coffee table, or select your bed before selecting your nightstands.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
Plants line the windowsills, sit on the nightstands, crowd the kitchen counters and cover the floors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2022
But even so, there was hardly any space to walk around the two double beds, the two tiny nightstands, and the various trunks and bandboxes of the inhabitants.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
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