recline
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The Calligraphy is a bower of abundance, where visitors can recline in plushly padded, heated and ventilated captain’s chairs, dressed in high-grade Nappa leather: the Relaxation Mode seating package.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
In other cases, the industrious gizmos recline in circulating baths of fluid, which ferries away the heat they generate, enabling them to function at very high speeds, known as "overclocking".
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025
You ignore it picking up while you make your nest: secure the corners of your blanket, adjust your umbrella and finally, comfortably recline.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2025
Several of the ladies are now wearing pink sweats and snuggle on pink blankets on the floor or recline on hot pink blow up chairs to watch — what else? — the “Barbie” movie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
No longer content to recline, it now reaches for the sky, much like the high-rise buildings lining our city streets.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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In another, a smiling Clinton reclines in a tub with his arms behind his head.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025
The nymph reclines on her side, resting on an urn, which in the past was used to send water into the banks of the lake below.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
All seats can be equipped with heating and ventilation, and the rear row reclines.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2022
While the chair reclines to a comfortable position, sleep is almost impossible given all the bells, whistles and alarms constantly going off around him from other patients.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2021
I grab a chair and swing it over near where he reclines on the floor.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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Eric Tung, a single dad and small-business owner in Los Angeles, dropped off his son at volleyball practice recently, reclined his seat and settled into Instagram.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
For a decade, my therapy appointments required a 30-minute train ride to a mid-rise medical office building in suburban Philadelphia, where I reclined on a black leather couch, grabbing the occasional Kleenex.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2024
His throne is fully reclined and draped in a fleece Raiders blanket.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2024
These rigs include everything you'd expect in your average F1 car, including a reclined seat, pedals and steering wheel in front of a big curved screen.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2024
I reclined on the rock and closed my eyes.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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At a pagoda in the suburb of Amarapura, a statue of a reclining Buddha emerges from a carefully arranged pile of brick rubble, its face respectfully cleaned.
From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026
A grotesque, charred silhouette, reclining, with one knee raised, as if lounging on one of Marseille's nearby beaches.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
A planetarium with a 50-foot dome and more than 100 reclining seats hosts astronomy, anatomy and environmental-studies classes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
The name “Groyper” comes from a meme, a plump, reclining version of the internet’s “Pepe the Frog.”
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2025
Baba said, reclining on the sofa and lacing his hands behind his head.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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