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bench

[bench] / bɛntʃ /
NOUN
furniture for sitting
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"They worry that showing vulnerability might lead a coach to bench them or that others will see them as weak," he said.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

The bench is one of 65 put up across the UK by the British Heart Foundation to celebrate the charity's 65th birthday.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

After the Port Vale game - which Fernandez watched from behind the Chelsea bench - Rosenior said things are "not what people think" between the two of them.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Strange, because he wasn’t buried on the bench.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

I think it was the first time I had ever sat there on the bench with Mutti.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo




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