couch
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Morgan Jordan’s art pieces above her couch in her home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
At one point in the clip, the white pup gazes adoringly at the NFL star before hopping onto a couch to snuggle beside him while Kelce lovingly pets the pooch.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026
Patrick Clancy described his last image of son Dawson sitting on the couch eating chicken nuggets before he left to get food and medication.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
“It was surprisingly easy to convince a bunch of 20-year-old tech guys to live on my couch and build robots with me in Hawaii,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Emma and I have moved onto the couch.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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
Distressed wood tables and cushioned couches overlook the bay with capacity for about 100 guests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Her business has rented couches, artwork and other furniture to “Forever” and a vintage golf club mounted like a trophy to “The Hawk.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
"I had trouble standing up from low chairs and deep couches without someone offering me an arm," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Their house was very big and very stylish, full of squashy couches and beautiful throw pillows, silk curtains lining every window.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
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
Some decisions against him were couched in deferential language.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Many of the executives couched their enthusiasm with caveats.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
But for Nihill, that joke only works if it’s couched within the larger context of the cross-cultural connections, including the fact that Jamaican-born political activist Marcus Garvey drew upon the Irish independence movement for inspiration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
Wart took up his position in the circle round the monster’s lair, and knelt down on one knee in the snow, with the handle of his spear couched on the ground, ready for emergencies.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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
Climate research often frames the implications of warming in terms of its economic impacts, couching damages in monetary terms that are sometimes used to suggest that small increases in average temperature can be managed.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2023
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
