headboard
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His niece, the daughter of Ms Nazarova, was also in the house and had to be rescued by firefighters after a headboard was placed to block her door.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026
“It hung from the ceiling of my restaurant for years. Then it was my headboard and now it’s here.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2025
“I actually built her giant butterfly wings last year for my Halloween costume … They are now the headboard to my bed!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025
That time spent getting the headboard, for example, was frankly spent in a sort of grim fugue state, wordlessly drifting from place to place in exhausted resignation.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2025
Leale examined the small room with a bed, its headboard wedged into the corner.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
Fiberglass clamshells serve as headboards in guest rooms.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
Inside Gabon’s complex, a high-end furniture gallery, strung with forestlike greenery, displays the final products: tables, bookshelves and headboards made of purple streaked kevazingo, golden bilinga and other tropical wood.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
But let's face it, not all headboards are created equal.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2022
While it looks like one of those fancy headboards with built-in shelves, Sleep Number says it was built to support sleep health and make its beds more accessible.
From The Verge ● Jan. 3, 2022
“I tell my customers that. Every time. Nobody bothers to look at the workmanship. How many built-in Lava Lamp headboards have you seen?”
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
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