couch
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The piece’s hero image is Waters, sitting on a couch with what appears to be a toddler while, blurred in the foreground, a pair of baby feet dangle into the frame.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
The older you get, the less you want to move, whether it’s state to state or training facilities or just from the couch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
There needs to be a really good hangout spot, so the couch needs to be super comfortable, and if the couch isn’t comfortable, no one wants to stay there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
"She would line up her dolls on the couch and say: 'I am your teacher. I'm in primary school now, so I am a teacher.'"
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
I tug my siblings into the kitchen, out of earshot of the couch where Dad and Aunt Melissa have settled to watch the broadcast.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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"I had trouble standing up from low chairs and deep couches without someone offering me an arm," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Albertsons wants to not only sell ad placements but help brands develop content designed to move consumers from their couches to the checkout line, said Monahan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
They told me that he had the couches specifically designed to look like his mom’s couches in his childhood home.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
The performance space was decorated like a lounge, furnished with plush couches and chaises to approximate the vibe on a ship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
The place is cozier than I expected: the lobby is full of comfy-looking couches, some of which have elderly people sitting on them knitting or reading.
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
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But most of these intellectual flights are cleverly couched in the jowly mundanities of bulldog existence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Asked by CNN whether he would condemn the group and what they stand for, and whether he would urge President Donald Trump to do the same, Burgum couched his language carefully.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
LIV has couched the withdrawal of Saudi funding as an opportunity for "strategic evolution" and a "multi-partner investment model".
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
He couched the stunning breach of diplomatic norms as a necessity given sweeping U.S. security concerns in the region.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
Wart took up his position in the circle round the monster’s lair, and knelt down on one knee in the snow, with the handle of his spear couched on the ground, ready for emergencies.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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She calls back to their previous interaction in the beauty shop, couching it as Edward having attacked her.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2025
Organizations have recognized that couching fears in imaginative play is productive.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 20, 2023
Beside trepanning, the more radical surgeries included mastectomy, amputation, hernia reduction and cataract couching.
From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2023
“If you saw him on TV, he’s just bold-faced saying, without couching or mincing his words, what he stands for.”
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2022
A greyhound, as white as ivory, couching on its hocks and elbows, its tail curved into the bony sickle of the greyhound, watched the old man with the doe-soft eyes of pity.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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