V. fluids, saw two blankets striking and grappling with each other on the couch.

NEWYORKER: A Tiny Feast

Since his first experience, Barish has bought two photo blankets and Fernando, a Chihuahua statue, for his friends.

CNN: Need a garden zombie? SkyMall has it

Today's race route was lined with cycling fans who'd set up campers, tents and picnic blankets along the narrow two-lane road.

NPR: Armstrong Back in Yellow in Mountains

It was the first time they had heard from a girl who, along with her two siblings, have often been hidden by veils or blankets when seen with their father.

CNN: The story

Clair are invaded by millions of inch-long fish flies that live only about two days and then die coating roads, sidewalks, yachts and cars in blankets of lifeless, crunchy bugs.

WSJ: Something Smells Fishy in These Tony Michigan Towns

Then, as soon as plastic trays and silver foil have been spirited off to kitchen quarters unknown, our attendant transforms our chairs into two neat - if narrow - bunks, fitted with crisp white sheets and jaunty tartan blankets.

BBC: Travel with children: The night train to Luxor

Something as basic as creating a purchase order for, say, blankets, tents, meals and water for flood victims in Bangladesh can take up to two hours.

FORBES: All His Children

Authorities, under fire for responding too slowly to two major earthquakes in 1999, said they had rushed mobile hospitals, prefabricated homes, food and blankets to the region and set up makeshift, open-air first aid posts to treat the injured.

CNN: Turkish quake victims brave cold