bedspread
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bedspreads
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In the ruins, Sabbagh picked out bits of his family's shattered life -- a scrap of his mother Afaf's bedspread, chunks of wooden furniture from their dining room, a red sofa cushion.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
In this case, I can’t see how ironing out a few wrinkles and covering a rumpled duvet with a digital bedspread materially misrepresents your home.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 3, 2026
I let him select a new bedspread and I can still remember the hippie patchwork red velvet one he chose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
Even in the production design, there are maze-like things that are – sometimes it's the fabric on the bedspread.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2023
He winced when his hands touched the bedspread, and he slid off onto unsteady legs.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
Our twin beds have matching Roy Rogers bedspreads, and the room’s wallpaper is a pattern of cowboys roping steers and riding broncos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2022
Flags, quilts, bedspreads, and banners — these are not your typical fine art forms.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2022
Under her eye, leather couches shine as if recently polished, and the patterns on rugs, chintz drapes, brocade couches and bedspreads all seem to glow.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2021
Taxes will not be imposed on clothing, shoes, school supplies, book bags, computers, printers, bedspreads and linens, and more.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 5, 2020
She made curtains; she made bedspreads; she rewired Ralph’s old lamp.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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