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couch

[kauch, kooch] / kaʊtʃ, kutʃ /


VERB
express in particular way
Synonyms


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At the end of the day, when the boys were in bed, I would plop down on the couch and cry from sheer stress and exhaustion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

While the economics for each kind of sofa varied, the rough math was this: In Vietnam, labor and materials were $280 per couch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

I like to grab about four or five books and flop on the couch and read.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

That’s when a friend suggested she get a boneless couch.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

I dropped my phone to the couch and tried to contain an uncontainable noise of glee.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

But boneless couches start around $300 on sites like Wayfair and Amazon.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

You got to clean the couches all the time.

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

They enjoy catered vegan meals and bring their laptops to couches with sweeping views of the San Francisco Bay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

There was something about the springiness of couches that polar bears didn’t trust, and they wouldn’t walk on them.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Since the order, Navy leaders have couched their public remarks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

All of the War on Poverty, even if not couched in those terms —

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

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

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

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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