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recline

[ri-klahyn] / rɪˈklaɪn /


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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

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

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

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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