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couch

[kouch, kooch] / kaʊtʃ, kutʃ /


VERB
express in particular way
Synonyms


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A funky one hangs in the corner, some simpler ones float above the dark-green tufted couch.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 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

We sat on the couch, enraptured until “Time Warp” compelled us to jump to the left and step to the right.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 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

In the next room, I hear Andre and Camille debating which way the couch should face.

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

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

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Americans from both camps, along with Gannon, gathered at Tahnoon’s McLean mansion, and took their seats in his living room couches.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

But moments later, the house fills with toys, siblings and couches strewn across the floor to protect from imaginary lava.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

As he begins to speak to the cast, Britney Harron, a diva since he first encountered her as a freshman, is stretched out on one of the couches, her feet up, her eyes half open.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

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

Made by artists from the Royal Bureau of Painting, such images documented gatherings of high government officials and were couched in the visual language of earlier Chinese landscape painting.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 6, 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 his offer in prose that made it seem as if he were proposing the purchase not to benefit himself but solely to free the grieving Mrs. Holton from the burden of work.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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

“I’m very direct, and the people on my board appreciate that about me. In the country, there’s a lot of couching and people trying to say something and not wanting to be aggressive about it.”

From Seattle Times Feb. 26, 2022

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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