sunbathe
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Wendy the coyote was a fixture in the San Fernando Valley community for years, often spotted wandering around the neighborhood or curling up to sunbathe in a patch of grass, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
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
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
They sunbathe, gossip, eat takeout — and, of course, swim.
From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2022
That beach is filthy now, but back then people used to go swimming there and sunbathe on the sand.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
Invested in believing that she’s happy, and that her marriage is, too, Alice looks after Holly, sunbathes in the yard of their modest house and indulges in best-selling paperbacks.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
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
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
As the moon orbits our planet, we see different parts of its sunbathed Earth-facing hemisphere, which creates the moon’s familiar phases.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 21, 2023
In the daytime, the women went on epic shopping sprees and sunbathed as the paparazzi snapped away.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2022
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
There, many skiiers also complain about day trippers, noting that many seem more interested in sunbathing and drinking spritz on the slopes, where loud music pumps out from nearby speakers.
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
Gilly Perkins, from the Sunbed Association, said professional tanning salons follow "strict" safety rules, promoting moderation, staff training, and customer education, making controlled sunbed use safer than unregulated sunbathing.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 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
“Well, yes. Does it look like we’re sunbathing on the Riviera here?”
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
