squatted

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Others squatted on balcony steps or leaned against walls for the roughly 90-minute service.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Gordon asked the judge if he could have five minutes, during which he squatted in a corner of the video link room at HMP Belmarsh and appeared to debate with himself.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2025

Before chairs with a back and arm rests debuted as a status symbol among ancient Egyptians about 5,000 years ago, he says that humans mostly kneeled or squatted for about 2 million years.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2025

Found within a kilometre of the Danish parliament, Freetown Christiania was established in 1971 when a bunch of anarchists and hippies squatted inside a vacant military base.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2024

Dropping their bows on the stones, he snatched the nuts from Torak’s hand and squatted on his haunches.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver