mattress
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That first week, we had a TV and a kind of makeshift conversation pit: a quilt, a mattress, some pillows.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
I felt dizzy and short of breath before sprawling out on our mattress, which was still covered in plastic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
Japan wants to become an asset management superpower, funneling an estimated $7 trillion in mattress money and low-yielding bank accounts into its booming stock market.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Earlier this year, an old sofa, a bed frame and a mattress were just some of the items of fly-tipped rubbish dumped outside a boarded-up property in Ely.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
She was so thin I thought she might sink right into the mattress.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
The station floors -- packed with people taking their pets, tents, air mattresses, prams and cots -- have become overcrowded.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
A country club in the town of Caraballeda in Venezuela has been turned into a makeshift hospital, with survivors of the country's devastating earthquakes receiving care and sleeping on mattresses on the grass.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
In Brazil, authorities alleged last year that some Chinese workers hired to build BYD’s factory worked seven days a week and slept on beds without mattresses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
The softer demand for big-ticket items comes ahead of Memorial Day sales, typically a time to find deals on outdoor furniture, mattresses, appliances and other goods.
From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026
There was actually a queue forming up at the bottom of the stairs, and soldiers struggling down with heavy horsehair mattresses.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
