pillowcase
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pillowcases
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Ferrand-Prevot, perched near-upright with an awkward-fitting aero helmet, looked as if she was trying to catch the French wind with a mop bucket and a pillowcase.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
I think that sort of applies to, as you were saying earlier, do it yourself, like taking that zebra striped pillowcase and making a hot little number out of it was the right thing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025
The haul at one pond on a recent day was enough to fill four sacks, each roughly the size of a large pillowcase.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
Today, the annual roast is a two-day affair that begins on Friday afternoon when volunteers bring the pig to the garden, cut it open and place a pillowcase filled with aromatic veggies inside its belly.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
He sprinted upstairs and threw himself under the bed, wrenching up the loose floorboard, and grabbed the pillowcase full of his books and birthday presents.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
By late 2022, more than 100 people were living there in wall-to-wall tents alongside seven-figure bungalows, a shop selling $180 linen pillowcases and the Gold’s Gym that Arnold Schwarzenegger made famous.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2024
Now, if you took home economics in school, you might just think of baking brownies and sewing pillowcases.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 26, 2023
Winfrey also told the BBC she “went shopping” at Walmart and Costco to get her supplies, which also included shampoo, diapers, sheets and pillowcases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2023
The items - which included a bedspread and pillowcases sewn by Elizabeth I and her ladies in waiting - were led by an "extremely rare" ivory silk satin sleeve and sleeve support.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2022
I swore to myself as I piled the sheets and pillowcases back in.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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