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
It was like walking into a furnace: Nearly everything in Ron’s room seemed to be a violent shade of orange: the bedspread; the walls, even the ceiling.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
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After staging plays in the family garage, where she used blue chenille bedspreads as curtains, Ms. Welch enrolled in classes at a local junior theater.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2023
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
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
Instead they sleep in two little beds, exactly alike, with matching pink chenille bedspreads and matching night tables.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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