recline
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Namely, those fees for everything including carry-on bags, soft drinks, coffee, cramped seats that didn’t recline and rocky reliability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
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
The seats themselves can recline into two-metre long, fully flat beds.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2024
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
Before I lodge the chair against the door, I pull the lever at the side to set it at full recline.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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In the lower half, Marat reclines in a coffin-like bath, topped with a board and a green cloth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
If someone reclines into your personal space, what can you do?
From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2023
The nymph reclines on her side, resting on an urn, which in the past was used to send water into the banks of the lake below.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
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
Kylie reclines my chair until I’m nearly horizontal.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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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
A gaggle of boys reclined on a bean bag in “Caps for Sale,” passing around a copy of the book.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
The rocket reclined on the little sunny hill and didn’t vanish.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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She has talked about how she brought a reclining chair into management team meetings at Meta, where she previously led the Facebook app, to make sure her blood pressure didn’t drop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
Odalisque on the Terrace, painted in 1922, depicts two figures - one reclining in the sun while another holds a violin.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026
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
Parents who plan ahead and bed-share more safely may avoid falling asleep accidentally with a baby in the most unsafe of situations — a reclining chair or sofa.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2025
After a few minutes of standing ankle deep in the wet grass, looking at the egg, and listening to the peepers, he pulled one of his mother's reclining lawn chairs over to the towel.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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