lean against
Example Sentences
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Japan’s Ministry of Finance bought yen in 2024, for instance, to lean against a sharp slide in the currency’s value.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
The Treasury’s emphasis on short-term T-bill issuance and buybacks of longer maturities seems an attempt to lean against the market.
From Barron's • Dec. 12, 2025
The complex houses brick-latticed spaces showing some of Mr. Mahama’s best-known installations including “A Grain of Wheat,” for which several hundred upright medical stretchers lean against the gallery walls.
From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2024
You should not let curtains, clothes, blankets, duvets or armchairs lean against it.
From BBC • Nov. 30, 2023
When he stepped back to lean against his desk, the two women again followed him and stood closely on either side, watching him with alert expressions, as if worried what he might do.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
