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couch

[kouch, kooch] / kaʊtʃ, kutʃ /


VERB
express in particular way
Synonyms


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The piece’s hero image is Waters, sitting on a couch with what appears to be a toddler while, blurred in the foreground, a pair of baby feet dangle into the frame.

From Salon Jul. 27, 2026

The older you get, the less you want to move, whether it’s state to state or training facilities or just from the couch.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

And sometimes it’s OK to get TV characters off the couch and into new worlds.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

His 9-foot-tall painting of Simpsons characters on a couch sold for $7.4 million.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

I settle in on one side of the couch, and Celia takes the other.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

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

From BBC Jul. 27, 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

Instruments were replaced with couches; the control room is now a walk-in closet.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 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

There was a living room with couches and a TV.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

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

Some decisions against him were couched in deferential language.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

Many of the executives couched their enthusiasm with caveats.

From Salon Jun. 24, 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

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

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

“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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