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Cushions believed to be from the plane were found on a beach near Surtainville, on France's Cotentin Peninsula, last week.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2019

The book’s title, “We Don’t Embroider Cushions Here,” isn’t just a cheeky reference to what takes place on its pages.

From Salon • May 14, 2017

Cushions and backs on the breakfast-room dining chairs and the bar-height kitchen stools were further protected with plastic laminate.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2016

Cushions on which the audience have been sitting rain down on him and his cast.

From The Guardian • Jun. 14, 2015

Cushions lay deflated, feathers oozing from slashes in their sides; fragments of glass and china lay like powder over everything.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling