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perch

[purch] / pɜrtʃ /
NOUN
object placed high for sitting on
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After a stint in the U.S. working on Wall Street, he returned to Russia and got to know the petrochemicals industry from his perch at Deutsche Bank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Wilson remains influential on national defense spending from his senior perch on the Armed Services Committee.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

In 2021, the star staked out an East Coast perch, picking up a Brooklyn waterfront condo in the stunning Quay building, the New York Post reported.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

A wall of windows looks out onto the lush main lawn, providing both a quiet place to read and a perfect perch for people watching.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Twisting on the wagon perch, I peek at him again.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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

Coming to you from the opposite end of the movie musical spectrum from where “Wicked” perches is Maria Friedman’s compact, propulsive film of her acclaimed revival staging of Stephen Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025

Now he perches high in the ratlines and the high beams of the masts.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

"I think people are just desperate for a bit of normalcy," Falstad said, a baseball cap perched on his head in front of a Walmart.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

The nearly 5-year-old eagle has perched and sung with Shadow, who first paired up with Jackie in 2018.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Jeanne de Montagnac, 29, stood by her husband and two-year-old daughter, perched on his shoulders with a telephone number scribbled in biro pen on her arm.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

The restaurant was perched on the top floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center, about 1,350 feet above the streets of lower Manhattan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

A crackling noise grinds from the sound boxes perched in the stairwell corners.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

We’d progressed from walking in the park to perching across from each other in my living room to sitting side by side on the family room sofa.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

"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

They also discovered that the feet are acutely sensitive to touch and this touch had a large representation in the brain, presumably to help with perching.

From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024

“Here’s what I sent her back,” Morrie told Koppel, perching his glasses gingerly on his nose and ears.

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom


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