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He used the word temporary twice in one sentence, which is also how a brother-in-law would describe his stay on your couch.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
“I don’t know how long I sat on that couch with your uncle and our cousin,” Treuer writes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
You don’t need me to tell you that the money top voices get for talking about football—the thing you do every weekend, for free, on the couch, to the baffled dog—is absurd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
We’re taking real audio recordings, but how to couch that visually?
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
I manage to stumble inside, to the couch.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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At a local Caribbean cafe, complete with pastel floral tiles, plastic-covered couches, and the trills of guitar from “Pa’ Que Retozen” echoing through maxed-out speakers, he explains how it all began.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
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
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
I sit in corners, at tables, on dirty couches, and on the front steps, getting lost in the pages of books.
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
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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
Nvidia couched the new PC announcement as part of a broader shift in AI computing.
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
He couched the stunning breach of diplomatic norms as a necessity given sweeping U.S. security concerns in the region.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
It sounded to him like an insult couched in good English, which, of course, made it a double-insult—the insult itself, and the fact that Chacko thought he wouldn’t understand it.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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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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