perched

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Still, the institution endured, its grassy campus and low-slung wings perched proudly on the east end of town.

From Los Angeles Times

Meanwhile, the audience has perched between seasons, with little indication of whether the show will sufficiently account for its young stars’ off-camera maturation within the story once it returns.

From Salon

Over time, however, many of the stranger pairs began sharing space more comfortably and eventually perched together, touched beaks or groomed each other.

From Science Daily

San Francisco is geographically constrained, perched at the end of a narrow peninsula like a fingernail, with water on three sides.

From Los Angeles Times

When we don’t understand and don’t allow for the ocean’s ways, we end up with homes perched on crumbling cliffs and seawalls still making a stand.

From Los Angeles Times