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Recent Examples of bedridden
Jagger and Tyler cheering up a bedridden Phil Collins in a hospital.
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David Browne, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2025
No specific details about the cause of death were disclosed, though Ralphs had been bedridden since suffering a stroke in 2016, shortly after his final performance with Bad Company at London's O2 Arena.
—Tahar Rajab, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Ralphs had a stroke days after what would be his final performance with the band at London’s O2 Arena in 2016, and had been bedridden ever since, the statement said.
—Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
He was left bedridden after a severe stroke in 2016, days after playing his last show with Bad Company, and had been living in a nursing home for some years.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 23 June 2025
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David Browne, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2025
No specific details about the cause of death were disclosed, though Ralphs had been bedridden since suffering a stroke in 2016, shortly after his final performance with Bad Company at London's O2 Arena.
—Tahar Rajab, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Ralphs had a stroke days after what would be his final performance with the band at London’s O2 Arena in 2016, and had been bedridden ever since, the statement said.
—Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
He was left bedridden after a severe stroke in 2016, days after playing his last show with Bad Company, and had been living in a nursing home for some years.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedridden
Adjective
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Ryan didn’t waver about his feelings in a follow-up after his sickly outing.—
David Brown,
Twin Cities,
8 Sep. 2025
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Cinematographer James Friend creates a purgatorial realm of disorienting angles and neon lights too sickly to be beautiful, the nightmarishness further underlined by Volker Bertelman’s thundering score.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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France lurched into a political crisis after Prime Minister Francois Bayrou gambled on a confidence vote, with little hope of any quick solution to fix its ailing public finances, whether a new government or a snap parliamentary election comes next.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
26 Aug. 2025
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In July, Evers signed into law the 2025-2027 budget, which provided $15 million to start the planning process to close the ailing Green Bay prison and update the Waupun prison.—
Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
24 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Results may not apply directly to frailer elderly adults or people with knee conditions.—
Paul McClure
September 11,
New Atlas,
11 Sep. 2025
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Talking to Bill Nighy about his star turn as a frail and at times broken novelist in & Sons is rather hampered by the British actor not having seen director Pablo Trapero’s father-and-son drama on a screen of any size ahead of its world premiere on Sunday at the Toronto Film Festival.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Beijing maintains the ruling is invalid.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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The other client of Miami’s Rawsi Williams in the Bar’s petition, however, filed a Bar grievance after the first settlement funds check sent to her was declared invalid by her bank.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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According to The Athletic, the move was made to comply with the NFL’s succession planning policy, which requires each team to designate a successor in case the controlling owner dies or becomes incapacitated.—
Nasha Smith,
People.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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However, there’s not much involved in that post other than serving on some state boards and being ready if the real governor becomes incapacitated.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Bedridden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedridden. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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