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Recent Examples of bedridden
With my dad, for the last three years, he's been bedridden and he's not been able to recognize me.
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Marc Silver, NPR, 27 Mar. 2026
One chapter recounts a childhood illness that left her bedridden for months.
—Rhoda Feng, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026
After being bedridden for months, Bailey got a two-part surgery last March.
—Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
Throughout college, Reid’s medications provided fleeting relief, followed by relapses that left her bedridden at home.
—Jason Liebowitz, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
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Marc Silver, NPR, 27 Mar. 2026
One chapter recounts a childhood illness that left her bedridden for months.
—Rhoda Feng, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026
After being bedridden for months, Bailey got a two-part surgery last March.
—Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
Throughout college, Reid’s medications provided fleeting relief, followed by relapses that left her bedridden at home.
—Jason Liebowitz, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedridden
Adjective
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The Republic turns a sickly pale.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
4 May 2026
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The dominant color is a sickly blue, tinged with greens and purples.—
Dan Stahl,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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The shelter was at the center of angry protests after an ailing elephant was relocated to Vantara last year, BBC News reported.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Durant’s ailing right knee — and the attention surrounding it — has been the focal point around this team since a bruise suffered during practice last Wednesday forced him to miss Saturday’s game, an ugly 107-98 first-round loss.—
William Guillory,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Exceptions will be made for people who are too medically frail to work or in addiction treatment programs, among others.—
Geoff Mulvihill,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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Exceptions will be made for people who are too medically frail to work or in addiction treatment programs, among others.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Garden centers aren't giving a refund for a dying or dead plant but rather a discount on a new purchase.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
17 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Any proof — valid or invalid, interactive or noninteractive — can have a simulator.—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
11 May 2026
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In late April, the city said that fewer than 1% of responses were invalid or from outside the city’s ZIP codes.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2026
Adjective
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Hospital representatives said the petitions were intended to protect incapacitated patients who are too disabled to make their own decisions and who have no family or friends willing or able to take charge.—
Christy Gutowski,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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They have not been declared by a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be either totally mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote.—
Mateo Rosiles,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
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“Bedridden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedridden. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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