sitter
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But that friend, performance artist Leigh Bowery, had posed for Freud and thought she’d make a great sitter because she was reliable and adventurous, she said, and made the introduction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
His converted penalty was then merely a consolation in a 3-1 loss to hosts Russia before he missed a sitter as Egypt suffered a humiliating loss to Saudi Arabia.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Caley could not take time off immediately, so the two were searching for a last-minute sitter.
From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026
But first, how do we get from unemployed house sitter to impending Italian nuptials?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
Henri the painter was occupied, for Holman’s Department Store had employed not a flag-pole sitter but a flag-pole skater.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
Over the years, she’s even heard from sitters of portraits by Jean-Michel Basquiat and others, seeking her advice on how to navigate the art world’s scrutiny.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
We got cat sitters, we both took days off from work, the whole thing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
Chants of "Let's go Knicks" rippled through the dense crowd, made up of some who paid hundreds of dollars for line sitters to wait overnight and save them a space to watch the procession.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
There are hunters and prey, parasites and hosts, swimmers and sitters, and there are those with varied diets while others photosynthesize.
From Science Daily ● May 7, 2026
These sitters had been tongueless, earless, eyeless conveniences all day long.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
