couch
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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
Krinsky’s target retail price for his couch was now about $1,500.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
Inflation and supply-chain changes had already pushed the retail price of his $900 couch to about $1,250.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
That’s when a friend suggested she get a boneless couch.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
But the two siblings are lounging together on the couch, their sock-clad feet propped on the coffee table, eating McDonald’s and watching the news with less interest than I expected.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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When the U.S. allowed China unfettered access to American markets, Krinsky found suppliers there to deliver what American consumers wanted, including couches with curved backs and longer cushions for stretching out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
Good Housekeeping’s editorial commerce director, Brie Schwartz, has noticed interest in these couches spiking “in the last week alone,” she said, with many readers bringing up affordability — especially as Black Friday sales approach.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
At a local Caribbean cafe, complete with pastel floral tiles, plastic-covered couches, and the trills of guitar from “Pa’ Que Retozen” echoing through maxed-out speakers, he explains how it all began.
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
But for now, like always, we couldn’t sit around on the couches and contemplate our world and what might lie ahead.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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The Asian Football Confederation couched its condemnation of Infantino - and, make no mistake, it is livid - in creative terms.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
But most of these intellectual flights are cleverly couched in the jowly mundanities of bulldog existence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 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
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
His request of Bobby was couched in cordial, nonpleading terms, but Bobby heartlessly never answered him, and Lombardy stepped in to do the job.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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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
She calls back to their previous interaction in the beauty shop, couching it as Edward having attacked her.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2025
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
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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