swaddle
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Cookson told police she had learnt how to wrap and swaddle babies on the job but had no formal training in how to put children down to sleep.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
“We knew absolutely nothing about child care. We needed someone to show us: This is how you change a diaper, this is how you swaddle, this is how you wash a baby’s hair,” said Zhu.
From Slate • Jul. 13, 2024
Once you have those coveted white Nikes in your grasp, you lovingly clean and swaddle them in protective shoe covers, and save wearing them only for favorable weather days.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2023
The word “overbundle,” meaning to swaddle a newborn too tightly, appeared for the first time in The Times yesterday.
From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2023
Eva’s last child, Plum, to whom she hoped to bequeath everything, floated in a constant swaddle of love and affection, until 1917 when he went to war.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
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