perch
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While storied Hollywood companies like Paramount and Warner changed hands over the past few years, Roberts held steady from his perch in Philadelphia—until he couldn’t any longer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026
Our research has identified a link between those two developments, which means that trout, bass, perch and whitefish may become less common in unstocked lakes.
From Science Daily • Jun. 21, 2026
You write that she is “helicopter-dumping cash” from her perch as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, funding things like diabetes research and small-town breakwaters across Maine.
From Slate • Jun. 16, 2026
But at age 87, from his perch as the head of the Panetta Institute for Public Policy, it’s hard to imagine he now thinks he has anything left to prove.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026
She grabbed one of the little scrolls of paper they kept near the hawk’s perch, along with the charcoal pencil.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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