bedsheet
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In even a light breeze the polyester billows, like a bedsheet on a clothesline, providing enough shade for a family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
In a small, oil-stained alley in Long Beach, under a yellow bedsheet tied to a chain-link fence, Fernando Gonzalez sat cross-legged, fighting off sleep amid the summer heat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2024
“First, it should surprise no one that there was DNA on the bedsheet that matched the DNA inside Ms. Nickens,” wrote Sara G. Vanore, an assistant district attorney in Delaware County, Pa.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2023
Officers noticed a gas smell so called the fire service who entered and found Mrs Nash in the living room, while Louise was found on a bed, covered by a bedsheet.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2023
The big dude looked pretty odd in his bedsheet toga, with his gray pullover hoodie and jeans, and a bow and quiver from the ship’s armory slung over his shoulder.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
Racing against a stopwatch, a group of women folds bedsheets as they train to join an Indian startup that offers instant home services, transforming a traditionally word-of-mouth sector and promising better pay.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
For all the digital wizardry emerging in war zones, armed combat still relies on explosive power, much of which comes from the same plants used to make T-shirts and bedsheets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
It’s 11:47 p.m., and Sarah is changing her father’s bedsheets for the second time in one night.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 25, 2025
"It does take a bit of effort. I put valuables away, you have to change the bedsheets, cleaning every time. But it is fully worth it," says May.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025
At this, there was a rattle in the bushes, and Werfel appeared—“Hold, you scoundrel du Burgh!”—hopping on one leg, trying to untangle his bedsheets from the bushes.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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