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
So Squire and his colleagues analysed everything they could see in Lucy's room: the bedspread, her outfits, her stuffed toys.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
I told her I wanted a white, fake-leather water bed with a black fake-fur bedspread.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
She clears her throat again and looks down at the bedspread.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
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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
They each have a twin bed with matching bedspreads that Stevie picked out, full of space shuttles and star stations.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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