benches

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Beneath its parasol of trees, the memorial remains the most tranquil of civic sites, welcoming visitors to pause on granite benches slightly elevated above a mosaic tiled floor meant to evoke a classical temple.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Each of the 65 benches around the UK is linked to a person who is living with heart or circulatory disease.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

You cannot be a nobody if you can get the benches to clear in Game 7.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

It offers the customary plain benches inside, but other interior features, like an iron stove, sit outside.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

There were long benches, and tables ran across the room, and at the far end a dancing-floor.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway