recline
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Namely, those fees for everything including carry-on bags, soft drinks, coffee, cramped seats that didn’t recline and rocky reliability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
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 users said that it should be acceptable, given that the ability to recline is a built-in function of the seats.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2024
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
Later I saw him mimicking me; he would recline on the sofa with his little legs propped on pillows, speaking intermittently into the recorder as though he were taking drags on a cigarette.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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In the lower half, Marat reclines in a coffin-like bath, topped with a board and a green cloth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
He reclines into his couch, one arm flung lazily behind his head, while the greens of his English garden sway in the waning summer light.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2025
If someone reclines into your personal space, what can you do?
From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2023
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
Just returns to the cab, draws all the window shades, slides into the driver’s seat, and reclines it to the limit.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
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I got comfy and spent much of the trip with the seat reclined.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
Down by the lawn, some of the newest occupants at the Santa Monica complex, called the Water Garden, reclined in Adirondack chairs with books in hand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2025
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
A gaggle of boys reclined on a bean bag in “Caps for Sale,” passing around a copy of the book.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
From the partially reclined chair, Elouise clenches her teeth and pulls her eyes closed for a very long blink.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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“All achievements — straight A’s at the time — anything that could be rewarded was pooled to funds,” he said, reclining on a patio chair in the shade at Chargers headquarters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Earlier research has linked greater amounts of sedentary behavior, including sitting, reclining, or lying down while awake, with poorer health outcomes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
She has talked about how she brought a reclining chair into management team meetings at Meta, where she previously led the Facebook app, to make sure her blood pressure didn’t drop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
Odalisque on the Terrace, painted in 1922, depicts two figures - one reclining in the sun while another holds a violin.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026
“Order anything you like,” Enoch said, picking up a telephone that was attached to the arm of a reclining chair.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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