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Recent Examples of bedridden
One chapter recounts a childhood illness that left her bedridden for months.
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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
The one room for a bedridden patient (only one is allowed in the home) had its own requirements, including an outside key access for the fire department.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
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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
The one room for a bedridden patient (only one is allowed in the home) had its own requirements, including an outside key access for the fire department.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedridden
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There’s a painterly look to the image, rather than the typical slop-style sickly sheen, but the AI origins are still unmistakable.—
Cath Virginia,
The Verge,
11 Apr. 2026
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For reasons that are still poorly understood, the body’s immune system, normally tuned exquisitely to root out and destroy invasive pathogens or sickly cells, begins to assault healthy cells instead.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Amid the ongoing search for his wife, Brian Hooker has left the Bahamas to see his ailing mother, his attorney told CBS News.—
Cristian Benavides,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Kid Rock, Jason Aldean, Brantley Gilbert, Nate Smith, Cody Johnson, and others have pledged allegiance to an ailing movement.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2026
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Physically frail, yet in full verbal command, Julian doesn’t talk to Lori so much as at her, pausing only to fire off questions that harden, in midair, into assumptions.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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Meyerson had become frail and disoriented by the spring of 2019.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 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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After a hearing in March that revealed these exclusion criteria, a judge discharged the jury pool as invalid.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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Thousands listed invalid emails or phone numbers.—
Michael Kaplan,
CBS News,
19 Apr. 2026
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Other social welfare programs have safety valves to protect weak, incapacitated or disabled clients from being exploited by people in power.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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Prosecutors accused him of filming and sharing a video of an incapacitated 17-year-old girl in April 2009.—
Adam Reiss,
NBC news,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Bedridden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedridden. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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