repose
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When our granddaughter Raleigh, then 2, met Doc, he was in his bed in the kitchen, one of his five places of repose around our house.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
On Friday, hundreds gathered in the village to pay respect to Ms Whyte and her children as they lay in repose together.
From BBC • Aug. 2, 2025
While her maybe-beau stays forced in repose, Iris cycles through all the different types of women she could be.
From Salon • Jul. 25, 2025
Castlecore on Pinterest, TikTok, and Instagram produces visions of leisure and comfort, a place for a pseudo-medieval 21st-century lady to repose.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2025
She had a Moorish, languid, and abundant air about her, which induced repose and trust.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
Vocabulary lists containing repose
The Great Gatsby
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