perches
Example Sentences
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From these suspended perches, scientists inspect thousands of broken objects and hundreds of elephant tusks.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
The office used to be one of the few perches prominent enough to attract national attention.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
As he perches on his make-shift bed, he tells me why he thinks prisoners make better soldiers than civilians who are mobilised.
From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025
Bustos said he had worked at the 560-room oceanfront resort that perches on the Palos Verdes Peninsula since 2023.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2025
All of the train’s braking and acceleration came in jerks and shuddering decelerations that threatened to throw them off their perches.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
