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perch

noun as in object placed high for sitting on

verb as in sit atop of

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"Now she seems to be Chelsea's number nine. The level she is at now, it is going to be really difficult for someone to knock her off that perch, even a fully-fit Sam Kerr."

From BBC

As he perches on his make-shift bed, he tells me why he thinks prisoners make better soldiers than civilians who are mobilised.

From BBC

The roster of retreads includes the current occupant of the Oval Office, who is only the second president in U.S. history to regain the perch after losing it four years prior.

Rashford turned away to accept the acclaim of Barcelona's fans perched high in the Leazes End, the previous taunts of Newcastle's supporters silenced.

From BBC

Lachlan Murdoch is perched atop the publishing firm that includes the Wall Street Journal, New York Post, the Times of London, HarperCollins publishing house and newspapers in his family’s native Australia.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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