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couch

[kauch, kooch] / kaʊtʃ, kutʃ /


VERB
express in particular way
Synonyms


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So if we’re staying at home, sometimes we’ll just grab a blanket and go into the den and get cozy on the couch and binge something on our big TV.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

It has all my books and a couch and not much else.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

She is perched on a couch in the presidential suite on the 24th floor of the St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort in Miami, with a panoramic view of gray clouds hanging low over the Atlantic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

We’re taking real audio recordings, but how to couch that visually?

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

There’s an old plastic-covered couch shoved between a microwave and a sink.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

The inmates allegedly paid rent for the accommodation complete with couches, large beds, TVs, fridges -- even dining tables.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

The Mint struck its final circulating pennies on Nov. 12, 2025, each one costing 3.69 cents to produce, leaving roughly 300 billion of them in jars, couches and the ashtrays of America.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Distressed wood tables and cushioned couches overlook the bay with capacity for about 100 guests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Oversized disco balls hung overhead, casting flecks of light onto the couches, which were shaped like the brand’s beloved Texas toast.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

He took the Post-it note from Jonah’s hand and walked to the other side of the basement, where couches and chairs clustered around a huge entertainment center.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Asked by CNN whether he would condemn the group and what they stand for, and whether he would urge President Donald Trump to do the same, Burgum couched his language carefully.

From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026

Many of the executives couched their enthusiasm with caveats.

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026

Instead, Mr. Pence gives the president his due wherever he deserves it, and the criticism that he offers—wherever it is due—is couched always in civil language.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

LIV has couched the withdrawal of Saudi funding as an opportunity for "strategic evolution" and a "multi-partner investment model".

From BBC ● May 5, 2026

Like most advice on style that is couched as a commandment rather than an explanation, the flat directive to avoid negations is almost useless.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

It said vaping had an association with problems including wheezing and couching, poor oral and dental health, poor sleep, mental health problems and eye symptoms.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Organizations have recognized that couching fears in imaginative play is productive.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 20, 2023

Beside trepanning, the more radical surgeries included mastectomy, amputation, hernia reduction and cataract couching.

From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2023

He is unapologetic about couching the vaccine rollout as a battle and has worn combat fatigues ever since taking over the effort.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2021

A greyhound, as white as ivory, couching on its hocks and elbows, its tail curved into the bony sickle of the greyhound, watched the old man with the doe-soft eyes of pity.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White


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