make the bed
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I have to make the bed immediately, and my husband knows that very well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2025
“Multiple times I have gone to make the bed and notice a nice smear of shit on his side.”
From Slate ● May 17, 2024
Local stores sell blocks that help create corners and you can use planks of wood to make the bed any size you want.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
“She would make the bed up nice and straight, then put another bedspread on top and I would lie there under the board, quiet as a mouse,” Fixler recalled.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 5, 2022
Once, when I was about eleven, I stopped at the doorway to my parents’ bedroom to watch them make the bed together.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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