sitting
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A towering freestanding fireplace and sitting area flanked by olive trees anchor one end, and on the other, the pool area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Solomiia Bobrovska, an opposition MP sitting in the parliament's defence committee, said meetings to discuss a replacement to Syrsky were ongoing, but cautioned the situation was changing rapidly.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
It was the first time in more than 150 years that a sitting second lady has had a child while her husband was in office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
In photos from his second Labour leadership campaign in 2015, he is suited and booted sitting next to one of his rival candidates, the far more casual Jeremy Corbyn.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
IT WAS THE third of May; I was sitting on my cot sewing.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The founder of Dimensional Fund Advisors has written a relaxed and friendly book anyone can read in a few sittings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
According to the Hansard Society, a think tank, such options include additional sittings on Fridays, a time traditionally reserved to debate bills put forward by backbench MPs.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025
The first season ended in April and dropped weekly, but waiting to gulp down episodes in a couple of sittings may be more rewarding than taking it in over a couple of months.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2025
In addition to the physical exertion of long meditation sittings and martial arts, your teachers were constantly correcting you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2024
Along with all this, I suppose I’m trying to say that I know how bitterly you resent the years when S. and I were regularly conducting home seminars, and the metaphysical sittings in particular.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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