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couch

[kouch, kooch] / kaʊtʃ, kutʃ /


VERB
express in particular way
Synonyms


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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

At least until Hans Zimmer’s music hits one of its glorious crescendos, at which point the cat will leap off the couch.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

He also recalled spending roughly 90 minutes aboard Air Force One worried that another passenger sleeping on a couch might actually be dead.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

Thus, our heroes must peel themselves off from the couch and go on the run with their resentful felines Dio and GG bouncing along in backpacks.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

I settle in on one side of the couch, and Celia takes the other.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

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 had trouble standing up from low chairs and deep couches without someone offering me an arm," she said.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

The Iliad has these big, overstuffed couches and chairs with blown springs.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

The furniture maker’s shoppers once navigated an 18,000-square-foot labyrinth of couches, chairs and decor at its headquarters here.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

I stare into what looks like a normal living room with couches, chairs, and a fireplace.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass

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

Perhaps a book that couched Castaneda’s story more deeply in the context of the ’70s counterculture and the nature of cults past and present would make his story clearer.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 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

But he couched those remarks within a broader message: The U.S. would always remain Europe’s ally.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 14, 2026

That in those homely sayings was couched the collective wisdom of generations.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

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




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