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bed

[bed] / bɛd /


NOUN
patch of ground for planting
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Alan, originally from Blackpool, would normally come home late in the evening, but his family initially went to bed on 5 February without realising he had not returned.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

"I also want a bed like a princess's, so I think I'll buy that bed."

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Cruise’s Digger Rockwell rises from bed and tries to feed his bizarrely acting cat before learning of an explosion on his oil rig in Greenland.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

After monitoring practice, debriefing his team and entertaining sponsors under the floodlights, he winds down for bed around 3:30 a.m., which is 9:30 p.m. back in central Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

But Clare supposed, counting back the All Hallows’ Eves he’d spent huddled in his bed with moss stuffed in his good ear, he’d been in Deadwood for at least four years.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Participants only needed to place a small amount of essential oil near their beds.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

The homeless count recorded 638 beds at Union Rescue Mission that went uncounted last year, leading to a reported 24% rise in homelessness on Skid Row.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The lowest figure of vacant beds this year.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Some teams have complained about the temporary cabins, even saying the beds are too short.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

“You’ll have to find a place on one of the beds, there’s no room here.”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Mr. Scott charts a course through these momentous events with great skill, producing a book that is readable and accessible but bedded in authoritative scholarship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026

I walked the wooded banks of the rivers that converge in the capital and found just a few dozen spots where men had bedded down on simple mats of cardboard or newspaper.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2024

On a recent evening, about 40 rough sleepers bedded down at Paddington station.

From BBC ● Feb. 29, 2024

As dusk approached, he bedded down at home in case the Israeli army advanced at nightfall.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2023

While Pollard bedded down in a horse stall at night and grazed out of the track kitchen, Woolf lived in the comfort of Whitey’s house, eating home-cooked meals.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

He also took notice of the items being put on sale — from clothing to shoes, to home goods like bedding.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 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

While shoppers continue to buy everyday necessities like pet food, animal feed and bedding, they are delaying riding lawn mowers, outdoor power equipment and other big-ticket discretionary purchases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

The next morning, she woke up to a "horrible realisation", feeling itchy with red lumps over her body and blood spots smeared on the bedding — the tell-tale signs of bed bugs, she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

Stark white bedding, plush headboard, framed picture of the beach.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera




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