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Cushioned between the more experimental songs, however, were the real crowd-pleasers: An elegiac version of Lucky, a beautifully twisted No Surprises and a genuinely sublime version of Weird Fishes/Arpeggi.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

Cushioned by critical public services, helicopter demand suffered less of a battering from COVID-19 than the grounded airline industry.

From Reuters • Sep. 16, 2022

Cushioned by a bountiful box-office advance, it ran for 20 months — shorter than hoped for a starry show based on beloved characters, but hardly a flameout.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2020

Cushioned by family money, he had a bluffer’s attraction to risk.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 10, 2019

And further say I have a sled Cushioned in blue and painted red!

From Love-Songs of Childhood by Field, Eugene