bedspread
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In the ruins, Sabbagh picked out bits of his family's shattered life -- a scrap of his mother Afaf's bedspread, chunks of wooden furniture from their dining room, a red sofa cushion.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
Perhaps that’s somewhat different from covering a duvet with a bedspread — although, in fairness, that doesn’t exist either.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 3, 2026
I let him select a new bedspread and I can still remember the hippie patchwork red velvet one he chose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
My mom had decorated my room all red — red curtains, red bedspread, red rug, red pillows — and I just knew it did not make me feel good.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2023
Green dimity curtains hung over the windows in Theodora’s room, the wallpaper was decked with green garlands, the bedspread and quilt were green, the marble-topped dresser and the huge wardrobe were the same.
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
After staging plays in the family garage, where she used blue chenille bedspreads as curtains, Ms. Welch enrolled in classes at a local junior theater.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2023
Our twin beds have matching Roy Rogers bedspreads, and the room’s wallpaper is a pattern of cowboys roping steers and riding broncos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2022
Flags, quilts, bedspreads, and banners — these are not your typical fine art forms.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2022
Taxes will not be imposed on clothing, shoes, school supplies, book bags, computers, printers, bedspreads and linens, and more.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 5, 2020
The walls are white, but the floor is brown, the bedspreads brown.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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