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“You no longer have to lean over and look out the window,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025

Customers lean over counters and scarf down the grub from plastic plates.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2024

After some of the most grueling points - and there were many - he would lean over with hands on knees or use his racket for support or pause to stretch his legs.

From Washington Times • Sep. 10, 2023

Like ghosts, buildings stripped of their facades still lean over now-vacant lots where houses and businesses once stood.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2023

Every few minutes, Jinny forced herself to lean over, touch his lips, make sure there was still a faint stream of breath passing between them.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder




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