bench

I sat on a hard bench, facing the sliding door, which slammed shut.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

During Xi's state visit to the US in 2013, then-President Barack Obama gifted him an inscribed bench made of redwood, native to California where the two had met.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

The gut-busting workouts imposed by Sumrall and Whitt centered on four lifts: power clean, bench, squat and dead lift.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

The Dodgers will need a left-handed bat off the bench in October, but Rushing now has competition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

By the end of the week I had worked myself into such a sickness of body and spirit that Mr. Moorman stopped at my bench to ask if something were wrong.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Sleeping in flophouses and on bus stop benches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Until Ted benches her, however, she is a device, a measuring stick against which Ted and Rebecca stack their values.

From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026

Worshipers sat on long wooden benches under a bamboo-and-steel roof, ceiling fans turning slowly overhead and loudspeakers crackling with reminders to be kind and to behave well.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

We’ll sit at Trails’ wooden benches surrounded by nature where it almost feels like we’re not in LA.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Jasmine sits with me outside at the benches, away from Camille’s table, so it’s just the two of us.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

Ronaldo may still look like he belongs in a Marvel movie, but his dip in efficiency already saw him benched at the World Cup four years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

Early in her career in Chicago, she said she had to bring her son to a team meeting and was punished by being benched.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026

He played 100% of snaps until he was benched in Week 18 ahead of the playoffs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2026

That earned him a lucrative extension but two months later he was concussed again, and after some underwhelming form in 2025 he was benched for the final three games of last season.

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026

Plus, I didn’t want English to get benched for something like renaming a play after me.

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds

Redick tried to inject some energy into the group by benching veterans Rui Hachimura and Jarred Vanderbilt for small mistakes early, but the coach later admitted the tactic didn’t work.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2026

“But in today’s landscape, benching your stars isn’t realistic. Wins are too valuable, and money — whether we admit it or not — drives everything.”

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 30, 2026

His showing was so impressive that LaFleur felt compelled to squash any chatter about benching Love, the quarterback the team signed to a $220 million contract, in favor of Willis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 3, 2026

Inter coach Cristian Chivu started with Lautaro Martinez and Ange-Yoan Bonny up front, benching Marcus Thuram after Sunday's disappointing derby defeat by AC Milan.

From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025

Lemuel entered a lighted doorway from a bricked courtyard, and found himself with twenty or thirty houseless comrades in a large, square room, with benching against the wall for them to sit on.

From The Minister's Charge by William Dean Howells