repose
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When our granddaughter Raleigh, then 2, met Doc, he was in his bed in the kitchen, one of his five places of repose around our house.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
And although they recall many wordless moments of repose between takes, the shoot enlivened the actors far more than it exhausted them.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025
They will lie in repose together in the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Ms Whyte's home village of Barefield from 15:00 until 19:00 BST.
From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025
While her maybe-beau stays forced in repose, Iris cycles through all the different types of women she could be.
From Salon • Jul. 25, 2025
In repose he looks harmless—cuddly even, with most of his bulk concentrated in the lower third of his body.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
Vocabulary lists containing repose
The Great Gatsby
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