lean against
Example Sentences
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Japan’s Ministry of Finance bought yen in 2024, for instance, to lean against a sharp slide in the currency’s value.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
The Treasury’s emphasis on short-term T-bill issuance and buybacks of longer maturities seems an attempt to lean against the market.
From Barron's • Dec. 12, 2025
“Relax your posture,” a text tells me, and I lean against a railing to fiddle with my phone.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2024
The complex houses brick-latticed spaces showing some of Mr. Mahama’s best-known installations including “A Grain of Wheat,” for which several hundred upright medical stretchers lean against the gallery walls.
From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2024
“Oh…” I lean against the doorframe and try to look casual.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
