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bed

[bed] / bɛd /


NOUN
patch of ground for planting
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Then, on Tuesday, I got a photo of her in a hospital bed, and I cried because I guess I hadn’t realized she could get thinner.

From Salon Aug. 31, 2026

Sheinbaum learned of the news from bed, where her doctor had ordered her to stay as she recovered from the flu.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

He and his wife, actor Alison Brie, stay in bed all day, watch four movies and Postmate every single meal.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

She added that she was concerned that the elderly residents of the cul-de-sac, who were in bed when the flood hit last night, would not be able to leave their homes.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Don Quixote and Sancho went to bed early.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

Today, its portfolio includes more than 4,000 hospital beds in Southeast Asia, with the bulk of its hospitals located in Malaysia.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Bass has supported delaying the minimum wage hike and expanding the short-term rental market, saying more beds will be needed for the 2028 Summer Olympics.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

Peterborough-based Care Zone, which has a warehouse on the edge of the city, plans to spend £80,000 this year on beds and mattresses for local families.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

In 2024, Miami-based TOV Furniture sourced 60% of its sofas, beds and other products from China, and only 25% from Vietnam.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

They had two beds, a table, and a bucket for use between trips to the bathroom.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

The dead are placed in a sealed vessel bedded with clover, hay and straw and equipped to regulate airflow, temperature and moisture.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 3, 2026

He said because Gray had arrived in Sir Keir's operation less than a year before the general election, it meant the team "wasn't sort of fully bedded in and tested" prior to entering government.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2025

Photos taken with your smartphone have the location and other information bedded within the image.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 9, 2024

Kohli and Rahul bedded down for a fight thereafter but they struggled under the relentless pressure and the scoring rate fell as the paid fought to preserve wickets.

From Washington Times Nov. 19, 2023

Fifty sows with farrows were penned in each, bedded upon the earth, while the boars lay outside—fewer by far, as those well-fatted were for the suitors’ table, fine pork, sent by the swineherd every day.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

"They took him from me and then they told me to go back in the nursery and take the bedding out of his cot and get it ready for the next baby," she said.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

The suite came with your standard front-of-the-plane amenities: a bigger screen with remote, bedding, skin-care lotion, socks, eye mask, a reusable water bottle, ear plugs and noise-canceling headphones.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Some had access to water, but the litter trays and bedding were dirty and "strewn on the floor".

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Hundreds of volunteers hurried through the packed parking lot next to Bogota's largest stadium, forming human chains to pass donated water bottles, food provisions, sanitary products and bedding to the sorting area.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

But I can make out the lump beneath a mound of bedding that’s my mom.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas




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