perched
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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
And if you detour to the second-floor library, you’ll get the best view of a banana-yellow starfighter from “The Phantom Menace” that dangles over the lobby with R2-D2 perched in the tandem seat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Parkinson photographed a black vulture perched over a dead yacaré caiman in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands, keeping his boat at a distance and using a long telephoto lens to capture the shot.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
A few days later, they were both in the aerie, perched high in a Jeffrey pine overlooking the picturesque lake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The birds perched in the trees were not vultures but gentle cooing doves, with a few comically roosting chickens mixed among them.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
