recline
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The Calligraphy is a bower of abundance, where visitors can recline in plushly padded, heated and ventilated captain’s chairs, dressed in high-grade Nappa leather: the Relaxation Mode seating package.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
In other cases, the industrious gizmos recline in circulating baths of fluid, which ferries away the heat they generate, enabling them to function at very high speeds, known as "overclocking".
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025
You ignore it picking up while you make your nest: secure the corners of your blanket, adjust your umbrella and finally, comfortably recline.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2025
Several of the ladies are now wearing pink sweats and snuggle on pink blankets on the floor or recline on hot pink blow up chairs to watch — what else? — the “Barbie” movie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
No longer content to recline, it now reaches for the sky, much like the high-rise buildings lining our city streets.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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The back seat reclines nearly fully like a business-class airline seat and, as in most expensive Chinese cars these days, the seat gives a massage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
The museum reclines where the sculpture stands tall, folding a wall that leans south where a steel panel bends north.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2022
All seats can be equipped with heating and ventilation, and the rear row reclines.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2022
In the foreground, Frissell’s daughter plays with her husband, who reclines on his back in the grass.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 3, 2021
“You have three hours, and don’t expect me to help. I’m studying for the SATs,” Maribel says, wadding squishy orange plugs into her ears as she takes out a laptop and reclines in her seat.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
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I got comfy and spent much of the trip with the seat reclined.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
Ann Haeckl reclined on a cot — an American Red Cross blanket pulled over her — while her brother John sat nearby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2025
For a decade, my therapy appointments required a 30-minute train ride to a mid-rise medical office building in suburban Philadelphia, where I reclined on a black leather couch, grabbing the occasional Kleenex.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2024
And this week a Hong Kong couple were banned by Cathay Pacific after tensions flared over a reclined seat.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2024
Once, she and I were clad as Venus, goddess of love, and her son Cupid, and we reclined in a bower.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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At a pagoda in the suburb of Amarapura, a statue of a reclining Buddha emerges from a carefully arranged pile of brick rubble, its face respectfully cleaned.
From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026
Clinton swimming with Ghislaine Maxwell in one undated photo; reclining in the hot tub next to the person whose face has been blacked out.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026
The box is carved with scenes of the labors of Hercules, while the lid is decorated with monumental reclining figures of the deceased.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025
The name “Groyper” comes from a meme, a plump, reclining version of the internet’s “Pepe the Frog.”
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2025
I spotted Hamlet and Horatio reclining in the shade of a great bush, while their horses grazed on sweet grass nearby.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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