stoop
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One recent 75-degree afternoon, sitting on the front stoop of the rowhouse where she lives with her dad, Burton was rubbing her hands together vigorously, as if it were cold out.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2026
Hou said they found the noodle package sitting on the stoop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
Soon they’d been talking for nearly half an hour, standing out in the chill on the man’s stoop.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2025
These festive stoop setups are the product of a new seasonal micro-economy: pumpkin entrepreneurs and porch stylists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025
August Danneman’s sister is standing on my front stoop and now, after coming back from meeting with Mr. Dannenberg, I have no idea what to do with her.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Morning after morning, residents would retrieve the bottles of milk on their stoops only to find that a thief had skimmed off the cream.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Harold’s people, like me, well they could be found daydreaming in cemeteries or sipping coffee on the stoops of abandoned houses.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2026
She stoops to pluck weeds around delicate yellow flowers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
The stoops of brownstone Brooklyn, on which residents routinely leave freebies for passers-by, are a reliable metric of current literary tastes — and distastes.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2023
Then he straightened, and all the way home he wanted to raise his right arm to the ringside crowd on the stoops.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
Ibrahim Said stooped to head in his first goal for the club before Elliott Watt capitalised on a mistake from Kasper Schmeichel.
From Barron's ● Dec. 30, 2025
The name "chikungunya" comes from the Kimakonde language, meaning "that which bends up," a reference to the stooped posture caused by the severe joint pain that often accompanies the infection.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2025
I stooped to embrace him and told him what I’d needed to hear as a boy.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2025
Moussa al-Moussa - a farmer stooped by his 77 years - knows only too well.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2024
Jeb stooped to pick up a hedge apple and pitched it across the road.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
DNA is a snooty aristocrat, never stooping to engage in day-to-day tasks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
He was stooping as he leant on the front desk.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2024
“We’re fortunate to live in New York, where stooping is a thing,” Slocum said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
Her single-minded dedication carried into her early years at Lake Taylor High School in Norfolk, where she often found herself stooping to fit in with other girls because of her height.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2024
Aragorn walked behind him, grim and silent, stooping now and again to scan some print or mark upon the ground.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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