box spring
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To minimize exposure, use dust-mite covers for your pillows, mattress, box spring and duvets.
From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 2022
Smith did not own a gun, but police found the knife between his mattress and box spring.
From Seattle Times • May 27, 2022
The boudoir here has no four-poster bed or even a headboard, just a single mattress on a box spring with an unstable pile of books nearby.
From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2020
I ran back to the bedroom and yanked up the mattress to peek at the box spring.
From The Guardian • Sep. 16, 2019
“The time will never be right,” she said out loud, then heaved the mattress and box spring off the bed.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
