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  • past participle of perch.
  • past tense form of perch.
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perched

[purcht] / pɜrtʃt /


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Without him, Australia wanted their number three to feast at last chance saloon, where he has been perched for an eternity, on day two in Cape Town.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

A woman was close by talking to him, she said, before "he jumped in and crawled in front of the tiger, where the tiger was perched and just lay there".

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Mariam’s family gets confused, however, and parks right in front of the building upon which the Marines are perched.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Others perched on the wall surrounding the elevator exit of a closed-off metro station.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

He looks up over his glasses, perched on the very tip of his nose.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell


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