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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

That market surge catapulted the California-based company into becoming the most valuable publicly traded company in the world, a perch it still holds ahead of iPhone-maker Apple.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

Despite being located in a popular neighborhood, the property’s elevated perch gives it a rare sense of privacy, making it feel like it’s located in a world all its own.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

Totoki, who joined Sony straight out of college, watched these early experiments from his humble perch as a junior treasurer in Tokyo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

I kept an eye on Rasseem, whom I believed had stayed in the caravan as a hateful demon might perch on a shoulder—to do some mischief.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

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

Nightjars, cousins to the owl, called from their sandy perches on the earth.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

As a construction worker, Jerry Barton of North Park often found himself perched precariously in high places . . . and he couldn’t stand it.

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

Jackie and her mate, Shadow, were propelled to celebrity status through a livestream of their nest perched high up in a pine tree overlooking Big Bear Lake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

During a stop at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, an owl perched on her gloved arm made her squeal like the girl she had been during her first visit there on a grade-school field trip.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

She kicked off her shoes, perched on the wobbly stool, and placed everything on the countertop.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

"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

This time I let them loose in the yard, where they hopped around hunting food, perching on Rontu who by now had gotten used to them.

From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell