lean against
Example Sentences
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Although the statute tried to lean against these dangers, it was only partially successful.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 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
My heart leaps in my throat as I watch the River God lean against his desk.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
