featherbed
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Atherton, though, expects the groundstaff in Multan to serve up another featherbed.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2024
The lights flickered on and weightlessness returned, cradling me like a featherbed.
From Nature ● Oct. 17, 2017
“The program has also become a kind of featherbed for parents who might have, in the past, considered redshirting their children.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2016
It was that shortage of variety that led Notts to gamble on a result pitch here, when a draw on a featherbed would have better-suited their title challenge.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 7, 2010
“I’m sure Jamison would rush out here with a box of chocolates and a featherbed if he knew there was a starveling half-cracked student living under his University. They’d crock her and you know it.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Commuters have been "featherbedded" but other passengers have been hit hard, Doe argues.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2013
A solid pension, good connections, membership of the right clubs, a contented, featherbedded old age.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 21, 2012
The couple's action-packed lifestyle comes thanks to their erstwhile employer, telecom company Pacific Bell, which featherbedded them into early retirement.
From Time ● Jun. 11, 2011
Actually, Petrillo's union is big and rich only because he has been able to keep it heavily featherbedded.
From Time Magazine Archive
The trigger was a Frondizi bill, passed by Congress, giving the government permission to sell or lease a featherbedded, government-owned meatpacking plant.
From Time Magazine Archive
Policies that protect U.S. jobs at a cost of featherbedding and inefficiency are a mistake.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 6, 2021
We can certainly find lots of instances of journalistic corruption -- fake quotes, fabricated stories, featherbedding etc.
From Fox News ● Sep. 16, 2020
The police have not defined their costs, and without a clear accounting of them, Wittenberg and other race promoters say they could end up becoming a victim of featherbedding.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2011
When every joke about your business mentions featherbedding, you should be worried about outsourcing.
From Economist ● Dec. 16, 2010
In the Soviet complex the labor unions were in no position to block the introduction of ultra-efficient methods, and featherbedding was unheard of.
From Combat by Mack Reynolds
