How to Use put to bed in a Sentence
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The discovery of the streamer might put to bed more than just the mystery of what tipped over GW Orionis' disk.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Aug. 2026
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Farage, who is the leader of anti-immigration party Reform UK, stood down in the hope the election could put to bed awkward questions about his finances.
—ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
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That put to bed any talk of Sellers being a high first-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, which was a conversation going into last season.
—Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 24 July 2026
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The details of how the Padres finally put to bed an 8-7 victory with Ty France’s tiebreaking home run and three scoreless innings from the bullpen were almost footnotes to the game’s dubiously historic beginning.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026
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The rift between the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos, personified by threats of NFL investigations and counter-threats of a lawsuit by coaches Sean Payton and Mike Macdonald, has been put to bed by an apology.
—Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
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