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couch

[kouch, kooch] / kaʊtʃ, kutʃ /


VERB
express in particular way
Synonyms


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Jesse Mecham wants to motivate you about money the way fitness gurus get you up off the couch to train for a 5K.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

A year into trying for Baby No. 2, I sat on the couch, bloated, at the end of my follicular phase.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

The old crowded wait has become a couch scroll until your green bean skewer and brisket noodles appear by e-bike.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

They recorded at Hoffs’ place — “We’d move this couch and the drums would go right here,” she says — beneath a vaulted ceiling that provided just the right ambience.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Celia picks me up, and when we get home, we find Mom on the couch with a book in front of her.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Anecdotes and analysis are interspersed with photos of all sorts of sofas and couches, calling into question ideas about where and how we find respite and support — or not.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 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

Albertsons wants to not only sell ad placements but help brands develop content designed to move consumers from their couches to the checkout line, said Monahan.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

The performance space was decorated like a lounge, furnished with plush couches and chaises to approximate the vibe on a ship.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 30, 2026

“I love coming here. All the seats are secondhand couches and chairs. You can bring food from the restaurant in there too,” she says.

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson

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

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

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

Walz couched his decision as a way of putting the people of Minnesota first.

From Salon Jan. 5, 2026

Like most advice on style that is couched as a commandment rather than an explanation, the flat directive to avoid negations is almost useless.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

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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