benches
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Slogans were also shouted inside the lower house by the opposition benches, demanding the resignation of the education minister and justice for students.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
Despite being forced out by his own MPs just two years after winning a landslide election victory, Sir Keir was met with cheers from the Labour benches as he arrived in the House of Commons.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
“I make a motion to appoint myself,” Verdugo said last week from a folding chair in an elementary-school cafeteria, looking out at dozens of constituents perched awkwardly on low kid-size benches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
He gestured over the barrier to a manicured plot with shady benches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
The entire compartment looks like an explosion in a library, piles of books and paper amongst the velvet-covered benches and polished-wood tables.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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