bedridden

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Some elderly residents are bedridden and get no water unless a neighbour carries it up several flights in the dark.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Eventually, of an estimated 30,000 people, only Shubbak's family remained, caring for the bedridden matriarch.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

This insight opens the possibility of developing medications that replicate the benefits of exercise, offering new hope for older adults, bedridden patients, and individuals with chronic illnesses who face a higher risk of fractures.

From Science Daily • Jan. 27, 2026

Over the next few days both pilots were bedridden, vomiting, with diarrhea, and tremors in their hands and legs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

"Lord Hoster is bedridden, my lady," her father's steward explained.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin