benches

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Hereditary peers in the House of Lords have left their red leather benches for the final time.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

It offers the customary plain benches inside, but other interior features, like an iron stove, sit outside.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

For her first L.A. exhibition at Carpenters Workshop Gallery, she combines form and function with benches, couches and tables in a style that is simultaneously Art Nouveau, Art Deco and global.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Each week at midday MPs gather on the green benches for prime minister's questions, with at least an expectation of answers about government policy.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

There were long benches, and tables ran across the room, and at the far end a dancing-floor.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway