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Recent Examples of bedridden
Huston plays the brooding, bedridden widow who watches keenly over Gull’s Point, the Devonshire coastal estate that is both her domain and lookout tower.
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Erik Morse, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025
Owner Katie came down with a cold earlier this week, keeping her bedridden for most of the day.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
Fifty years ago, in April 1975, the Khmer Rouge forcibly evacuated all residents (including bedridden hospital patients) of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and all other sizable population centers.
—Ray Cavanaugh, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Supposedly back at the ranch, bedridden by his tuberculosis, Holliday emerges from the shadows of the Arizona high desert to surprise the lightning-fast Ringo, who was expecting to make easy work of Kurt Russell’s Wyatt Earp.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2025
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Erik Morse, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025
Owner Katie came down with a cold earlier this week, keeping her bedridden for most of the day.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
Fifty years ago, in April 1975, the Khmer Rouge forcibly evacuated all residents (including bedridden hospital patients) of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and all other sizable population centers.
—Ray Cavanaugh, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Supposedly back at the ranch, bedridden by his tuberculosis, Holliday emerges from the shadows of the Arizona high desert to surprise the lightning-fast Ringo, who was expecting to make easy work of Kurt Russell’s Wyatt Earp.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedridden
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Lambrusco became synonymous with that sickly tipple—which bore no resemblance to the refreshingly dry and crisp Lambrusco guzzled by Italians.—
Simon Willis,
Travel + Leisure,
10 May 2025
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In This Article How To Identify Spider Mites Understanding Spider Mites How To Get Rid Of Spider Mites If your once-vigorous plant is starting to look sickly, spider mites may be the culprits.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
30 Apr. 2025
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Vance briefly visited the ailing Francis last month at the Vatican, just hours before his death.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
8 May 2025
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The writer of breakout series Mr Bates vs the Post Office has some choice words for the ailing UK drama industry.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
7 May 2025
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Our frail nature, damaged by our propensity to mess things up, stands in need of grace and salvation.—
Anna Rowlands,
Time,
12 May 2025
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Remembering Pope Francis, a leader known for change Pope Francis' death comes just one day after the frail but determined pontiff greeted thousands after Easter Mass in his open-air popemobile.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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The company has also said no federal regulatory agency has ever told it the credits are invalid.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
20 May 2025
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The board oversees virtually every aspect of state elections, large and small, from setting rules dictating what makes ballots valid or invalid to monitoring compliance with campaign finance laws.—
Doug Bock Clark,
ProPublica,
16 May 2025
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The move came after state public health inspectors fined Golden Legacy for handcuffing an incapacitated patient’s ankle to the bed in violation of state and federal laws.—
Don Thompson,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2025
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The 25th Amendment also has a controversial provision that allows the Vice President and a majority of the Cabinet, or the majority of another body that Congress designated by law, to initiate the transfer of powers from an incapacitated president to the vice president.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Bedridden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedridden. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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