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
Visitors can sunbathe on the sandy shores, dance to R&B music, eat barbecue and enjoy restaurants along the beach’s strip.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 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
Most tourists come to Malawi to go on safaris among bulbous baobabs in Liwonde National Park or sunbathe on the sparkling yellow beaches of Lake Malawi, which stretches for two-thirds of the country’s length.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2022
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
Across the room, a Wassily-style chair sunbathes in the corner, with a handmade burgundy leather base and back, studs running along the seams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2024
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
People sunbathed on the reservoir's newly-exposed shore, where a few specks of grass have cropped up.
From Reuters ● Aug. 8, 2023
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
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
"Before my diagnosis, in weather like this I would have been sitting out sunbathing," Brian said.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
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
"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
