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bolster

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We recommend getting a bed with bolsters, which provide a sense of security and satisfies their natural instinct to dig and burrow.

To bolster my case I told him we should actually call it Pursuito, like Vertigo or Psycho.

Low-income work was a necessity, either to make up for the absence of a man or to bolster his own low-income paycheck.

Critics also argue the military assistance may be coming too late to bolster mainstream rebels.

This will likely get worse as police bolster their web surveillance capabilities.

“This reduces a potential drag to the economy and will bolster growth for the remainder of 2014,” Handler notes.

After you have repeated the Correlation, then repeat the two extremes, thus—“Anchor” … “Bolster.”

The motive of this harmless ruse was to bolster up Spanish prestige and thereby avoid bloodshed.

If there is no bolster, two pillows are sometimes laid flat in its place, and two pillows set on edge upon them.

If shams are used they should be spread over the pillows and bolster as smoothly as possible.

If you are preparing the bed for a stranger put the bolster and pillows back on the bed and allow the guest to arrange them later.

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On this page you'll find 87 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to bolster, such as: aid, boost, buoy, buttress, cushion, and help.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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