recumbent

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A tiny chalk drawing of a recumbent lion by Rembrandt sold for $17.9 million on Wednesday, the latest sign that the art market is roaring back following a yearslong slump.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

After class, he hangs around in the small gym adjacent to the activity room and rides the recumbent bike.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 5, 2025

As we made our way along the buttery-smooth pavement of the recently extended Chief Ladiga trail, our group passed an older rider on a recumbent bicycle.

From Slate • Aug. 31, 2025

She remains recumbent for an entire number, singing to a skeleton, before the bones around her reveal themselves as dancers in masks, convulsing to the humongous bassline synths of “Disease.”

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2025

Too terrified of crevasses to wander far from camp, I spent most of my time recumbent in the tent—the ceiling was too low to allow my sitting upright— fighting a rising chorus of doubts.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer