pillowcase
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pillowcases
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She describes how Dailey, ever hopeful of being exonerated, stayed fit with the help of an improvised dumbbell made by stuffing a pillowcase with his copious legal paperwork.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Or - in Mouat's case - going pillowcase shopping and "spending far too much money" on the morning of the semi-final.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
Especially with the infamous zebra print pillowcase dress and other looks where you seem to tear things up and put different pieces together.
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
His mother washed his pillowcase and sheet every week, just like she did for the people who lived in the big house down the road.
From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong
Branded pillowcases, glasses and gold-rimmed plates are among the items that have allegedly vanished from the jet.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2024
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
Below these pillowcases, which are red, their clothes are ordinary: a leisure outfit, a pair of gray flannel slacks with a white shirt tucked in, the bottom of a conservative navy-blue suit.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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