couch
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Chase proves more clever in turning Maya’s harmless couch fort into a claustrophobic labyrinth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Jesse Mecham wants to motivate you about money the way fitness gurus get you up off the couch to train for a 5K.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
A year into trying for Baby No. 2, I sat on the couch, bloated, at the end of my follicular phase.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
The old crowded wait has become a couch scroll until your green bean skewer and brisket noodles appear by e-bike.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
He lived on a lumpy couch with an aunt and uncle who did not want him.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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Oversized disco balls hung overhead, casting flecks of light onto the couches, which were shaped like the brand’s beloved Texas toast.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
Situational and other companies share two floors, an outdoor patio with couches and heat lamps, and a gym with Situational Awareness-branded weights on the squat rack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
"I had trouble standing up from low chairs and deep couches without someone offering me an arm," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Instruments were replaced with couches; the control room is now a walk-in closet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
In the school library that day, I joined a circle of twenty-two Harper students—all African American, mostly juniors and seniors—who were seated in chairs and on couches, dressed in khakis and collared shirts.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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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
Many of the executives couched their enthusiasm with caveats.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
Perhaps a book that couched Castaneda’s story more deeply in the context of the ’70s counterculture and the nature of cults past and present would make his story clearer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
Instead, Mr. Pence gives the president his due wherever he deserves it, and the criticism that he offers—wherever it is due—is couched always in civil language.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
Like most advice on style that is couched as a commandment rather than an explanation, the flat directive to avoid negations is almost useless.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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It said vaping had an association with problems including wheezing and couching, poor oral and dental health, poor sleep, mental health problems and eye symptoms.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
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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