bench
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Laura Dern and Greta Gerwig laughed together by the entrance while Samuel L. Jackson plopped down on a curved bench, joking, “Hey, look what I did!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Coxon then fired off a series of posts about his resignation from a San Francisco park bench.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Judge Joanna Korner noted his appearance in court for the first time, and said he could leave the court at any time without seeking permission from the bench.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
The driver had managed to wedge the SUV between a concrete fence post on one side and a bench on the other.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Father, Betsie, and I found places to sit on a narrow bench that ran around the sides.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Moments earlier she had been sitting on the Reform benches and had been due to speak for the party in the chamber.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Until Ted benches her, however, she is a device, a measuring stick against which Ted and Rebecca stack their values.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026
Worshipers sat on long wooden benches under a bamboo-and-steel roof, ceiling fans turning slowly overhead and loudspeakers crackling with reminders to be kind and to behave well.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
We’ll sit at Trails’ wooden benches surrounded by nature where it almost feels like we’re not in LA.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
She spotted the shop immediately—a small hut in a yard littered with rickshaw panels, tools, cans of paint, leather benches, and tires.
From "Rickshaw Girl" by Mitali Perkins
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He was then benched for England's run to the T20 World Cup semi-finals in the spring.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Ronaldo may still look like he belongs in a Marvel movie, but his dip in efficiency already saw him benched at the World Cup four years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Early in her career in Chicago, she said she had to bring her son to a team meeting and was punished by being benched.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026
Ayton’s effort has waned throughout the season, sometimes resulting in him getting benched late in games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
I could bring real ones up at the thought of being benched for our first game.
From "Winger" by Andrew Smith
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This time around, there haven’t been talks of benching Kimmel within the company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
“But in today’s landscape, benching your stars isn’t realistic. Wins are too valuable, and money — whether we admit it or not — drives everything.”
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 30, 2026
Johnson does not face the same competition for his place with Wales, which is why his benching against Belgium was so striking, despite his indifferent form.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025
Bayern Munich cruised to a 3-0 home win over Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday despite benching Harry Kane and several others ahead of Tuesday's trip to European champions Paris Saint-Germain.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2025
Lemuel entered a lighted doorway from a bricked courtyard, and found himself with twenty or thirty houseless comrades in a large, square room, with benching against the wall for them to sit on.
From The Minister's Charge by William Dean Howells