repose
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For more than 25 years, under the name Harriet Tubman, Messrs. Ross, Gibbs and Lewis have crafted a gorgeous balance of bombast and repose, and a distinctive approach to trio interplay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
On Friday, hundreds gathered in the village to pay respect to Ms Whyte and her children as they lay in repose together.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2025
While her maybe-beau stays forced in repose, Iris cycles through all the different types of women she could be.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2025
Castlecore on Pinterest, TikTok, and Instagram produces visions of leisure and comfort, a place for a pseudo-medieval 21st-century lady to repose.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2025
Kate’s face was in repose, but she was remembering every word of that interview.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
"Any diversion or embezzlement of funds constitutes a profound betrayal of the faith reposed by millions of devotees in one of the most sacred institutions of Hindu faith."
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
“She expressed a desire to vote and told me a little about her philanthropic work. She reposed great faith and confidence in Mr. Leno and relied on him for her protection and guidance.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
"I am humbled by the overwhelming vote of confidence reposed in me by the party," Mahama said shortly after the declaration.
From Reuters ● May 14, 2023
Rehnquist wrote that the “controversy . . . involves a political question” and that “the word ‘sole’ indicates that this authority is reposed in the Senate and nowhere else.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2021
She had misplaced her awareness of her true body reposed in her true bed, and of the moth on Lazlo’s brow.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
Monday’s trek rolled serenely past the Zenaruzza monastery and through hilly countryside under reposing blue skies, before crossing over into France.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 3, 2023
BJP workers celebrated the party’s showing in Gujarat state with the state’s top elected official, Bhupendra Patel, describing the win as “people reposing full faith in Prime Minister Modi’s leadership.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2022
Included in the notices were the access codes for family members to enter the individual rooms where the coffins of their relatives were reposing.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2021
Now mourners had to move through reposing rooms in shifts, one small group at a time.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2020
But here, now, reposing in his arms, weighing next to nothing but changing everything, is the second.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
Vocabulary lists containing repose
The Great Gatsby
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