perch
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The PortaSplit, which comes with a lightweight outdoor unit that users can perch outside their windows themselves, advertises itself as "perfectly compatible with most European window types".
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
From her perch in Midtown Manhattan, divorce attorney Lisa Zeiderman has seen every imaginable marital horror story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Our research has identified a link between those two developments, which means that trout, bass, perch and whitefish may become less common in unstocked lakes.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 2026
But at age 87, from his perch as the head of the Panetta Institute for Public Policy, it’s hard to imagine he now thinks he has anything left to prove.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026
The carter leaned from his perch to call to us, his face hot and perspiring.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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On Centre Court he perches on the public seats on the lookout for any movement.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Pistachio cold foam now perches atop iced coffees from nationwide chains, Dubai chocolate knock-offs sit at every grocery checkout stand and boutique patisseries fill croissants with pistachio butters and creams.
From Salon ● May 6, 2026
The office used to be one of the few perches prominent enough to attract national attention.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026
Once inside, the bird perches on a carved head of Pallas before engaging the man in a strange conversation in which it repeats a single dread word.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
Within seconds, he perches awkwardly with his butt in her lap, tongue out and leg thumping.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
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A lit candle flickered among the flowers, where a teddy bear was also perched.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
In Clacton, an aging resort town perched on England’s east coast, he comfortably won the last election in 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
It’s Friday afternoon in North Hollywood and Ziggy Marley is perched on a stool inside his newly built Rebel Lion Studio, tucked in one of the neighborhood’s creative enclaves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
The uber-plush Burgenstock resort perched high above Switzerland's Lake Lucerne provides the dramatic setting for Friday's planned signing of the US-Iran memorandum of understanding to end nearly four months of war.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
But Aunt Kitty sat there perched like a pigeon on a park bench.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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"One of the responding officers was able to gently coax the bird using food, and the parrot quickly became comfortable, even perching on the officer's hand and shoulder," the airport said in a statement.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026
“Atlanta” built a Lynchian house for its “Teddy Perkins” episode, perching a namesake character buried under prosthetics within its dim innards.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2025
Designed based on perching birds like ravens and crows that frequently switch between air and land, the multifunctional robotic legs allow it to take off autonomously in environments previously inaccessible to winged drones.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 6, 2024
And so-called human-subsidized predators, including ravens and coyotes, have followed people into these previously undeveloped areas, perching on the structures they build and feeding on their trash, MacDonald said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2024
But she has gone; and they fly pell-mell up the hedgerow, frisking, chattering and perching where they will.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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