sunbathe
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Seals swam by, one hauling itself up to sunbathe on a fishing boat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
The song is the unhurried portrait of a loafer on his front porch, watching tourists sunbathe while a pot of shrimp is beginning to boil.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2023
A man who takes his snakes to sunbathe in his local park has sparked an online debate about what animals are - and are not - acceptable in public spaces.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2023
At the time, two years before civil war erupted, their country was mainly known as a tourist attraction where visitors came to party, visit archaeological sites, ski on snow-capped mountains or sunbathe on sandy beaches.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
Here’s the bad thing about being a snake in the spring: sometimes you find what you think is the best place in the world to sunbathe.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
Sometimes, Gordillo sunbathes in the backyard by the tangerine tree and listens to the mockingbirds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
A woman sunbathes in front of the city of London financial district in London, Britain, May 18, 2022.
From Reuters ● Jun. 10, 2022
We watch her float in the sea, write and read while she sunbathes, eat ice cream, unfurl into an uneasy relaxation.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2021
The only one I ever see around is their bored teenager who sunbathes all the time.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2016
Then it sleeps, eats, and sunbathes until it’s ready to flower— a teenage plant.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Apparently, this sunbathed land was as popular with interlopers in prehistory as it is now, and Portugal still boasts a large share of archaeological evidence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
We hung out by this beautiful pool and we just sunbathed on the beach.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2024
For decades, they have walked along the prison’s high walls, sunbathed on the metal roof and skittered between cells crowded with 10 men each.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2023
People sunbathed on the reservoir's newly-exposed shore, where a few specks of grass have cropped up.
From Reuters ● Aug. 8, 2023
She sunbathed endlessly, but her skin stayed the same copper-tinged shade, even as it became more and more dried out.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
His daughter, Gabriela, has 473,000 followers on an Instagram page that shows her surfing and sunbathing around Maui.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Vaughan had been on the boat with her husband and two children, aged 12 and eight, and had been sunbathing when the motorboat crashed into a sailboat carrying party-goers.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
"Melanoma is often associated with beaches and sunbathing, but our findings suggest that agricultural environments may also play a role," she said.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2025
Finally, the home features a stunning roof garden level that “crowns the mansion” and offers the perfect spot for sunbathing, gardening, or for hosting outdoor soirees in the summer.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2025
It was wrinkled like an old woman who'd spent her youth sunbathing.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
