make the bed
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“Multiple times I have gone to make the bed and notice a nice smear of shit on his side.”
From Slate • May 17, 2024
Wake at 6:30 a.m., he recalled, make the bed tight, or the school officials would tear it out.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 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
As any kid who has ever been dared to make the bed in under three minutes can attest, a challenge makes things interesting.
From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2022
Mama made me a sling out of the same bolt of cloth she brought over to make the bed sheets and baptizing dresses for the African girls.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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