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electric blanket

[ih-lek-trik blang-kit] / ɪˈlɛk trɪk ˈblæŋ kɪt /


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During the next outage, you’ll find me with my family, under an electric blanket, sipping piping hot tea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026

Her skin was ice cold, Roberts said, and everyone went to work trying to warm her up, drenching her in warm water, plying her with hot tea, and eventually wrapping her in an electric blanket.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024

Our bed of gravelly black lapilli was warm, as if heated by an electric blanket.

From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2023

"Can you thaw a frozen turkey by wrapping it in an electric blanket?"

From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2022

The electric heater, the heating pad, and the electric blanket.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer




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