footstool
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footstools
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If you’re in an exit row, you might also have enough space to place a small inflatable footstool like the one from Sunany available on Amazon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
Dodge that footstool on your way to this week’s Slate News Quiz.
From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2023
Lanoba’s first sale was a footstool to a psychologist in Manhattan, which Balderskilde delivered to the buyer’s office.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
Prince William, pictured in shorts and a khaki polo shirt, is sitting on a gold footstool alongside his wife in a long-sleeved dark green summer dress.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2021
So Macon Dead neither heard of nor visualized Ruth’s sudden terror, her awkward jump from the rocking chair, the boy’s fall broken by the tiny footstool, or Freddie’s amused, admiring summation of the situation.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
The sixth floor, devoted to shipping, features footstools made from moving blankets.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
But before the aliens arrive, in the form of cute little furry “pouffes” that resemble comfy footstools, we get to know Su and Jack.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 30, 2020
Sheldrake visits a factory that turns fungal networks into furniture — footstools instead of toadstools.
From New York Times ● May 27, 2020
People were listening: in the three months after the video aired, the company sold 195,000 footstools, and grossed more than $7m.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 30, 2018
It was stuffy and cluttered, yet nobody could say it was uncomfortable; there were soft chairs and footstools, drinks and books, boxes of chocolates and plump cushions.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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