pillow
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Plutarch claimed that Alexander slept with Aristotle’s personally annotated “Iliad” under his pillow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Here's his guide to choosing the perfect pillow for you.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
When choosing a pillow, back sleepers should consider the flexion at the top of their spine, a curving that increases naturally in many people as they age.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
He's a top physiotherapist and knows the wrong pillow can be a pain in the neck.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
She lay her head back on her pillow, and was silent for a while.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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After the call, she collapsed on the bed and buried her head in her pillows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Specialist pillows are often advertised as contoured, ergonomic or orthopaedic - but McCarthy says their effectiveness isn't completely proven.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
The toppings are market-flexible, too: Use whatever chèvre or goat cheese you find, whether it crumbles into little pillows or lands in soft clouds, and turn a leftover hunk of cornbread into crisp, salty crumbs.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
"I don't see an end to this," says Milan as he folds up the sheet and the pillows before heading to his job at a warehouse.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
It was a riot of floral patterns, soft carpets, and comfortable furniture strewn with pillows, nothing like the formal, antique-filled rooms upstairs.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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But a new facade of pillowed concrete, along with arched skylights in the workshop areas, add touches of refinement to what is essentially a space to make artistic messes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2019
I raced through steep pine forests pillowed with heavy snow and frozen aspens, the Wasatch mountains rolling by in swirls of purple and brilliant white.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 18, 2016
Early morning, I was on a sleep cloud, tucked in on a pillowed four-poster bed, a slow ceiling fan ruffling a pinned-up muslin mosquito net.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2016
So, in Bright Star, Keats is not just Romantic but romantic too: head pillowed upon fair Fanny’s breast, mooning about in blue velvet tails, he essentially speaks in his own verse.
From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2012
I pillowed my head with my arm, and while I was trying to think of a clever response, I fell asleep.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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The musical orchestration pillowing their voices is lovely, the singing sincere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024
Kaede built the small fire as quickly as she could, and Con pulled Shae’s sleeping form toward it, pillowing her head on a rolled-up blanket.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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Kaede rolled over, pillowing her head on her bent arm to look at him.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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He lay back, pillowing his head on his hands.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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I lie facedown on her bed, pillowing my head on my arms, completely drained in the aftermath of a hellish morning.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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