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
They will lie in repose together in the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Ms Whyte's home village of Barefield from 15:00 until 19:00 BST.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 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
They stood, solidly, uncomfortably, on the right of the chamber, shifting from foot to foot, scratching their cheeks and noses, as if they were shamed by the silent repose of their dead brothers.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
"I was so touched by the trust he reposed in me," he told the BBC.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
“She expressed a desire to vote and told me a little about her philanthropic work. She reposed great faith and confidence in Mr. Leno and relied on him for her protection and guidance.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
"I am humbled by the overwhelming vote of confidence reposed in me by the party," Mahama said shortly after the declaration.
From Reuters ● May 14, 2023
Rehnquist wrote that the “controversy . . . involves a political question” and that “the word ‘sole’ indicates that this authority is reposed in the Senate and nowhere else.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2021
Like that immortal hero, she reposed awhile after the first attempt, which resulted in a tumble and the least lovely of the giant’s treasures, if I remember rightly.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
Monday’s trek rolled serenely past the Zenaruzza monastery and through hilly countryside under reposing blue skies, before crossing over into France.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 3, 2023
BJP workers celebrated the party’s showing in Gujarat state with the state’s top elected official, Bhupendra Patel, describing the win as “people reposing full faith in Prime Minister Modi’s leadership.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2022
Mr Rao said India reposing its faith in the Quad was significant.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2022
She placed it in the tabernacle, knelt once more, and turned the monstrance to face the side, signaling that Christ was now reposing.
From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2021
It arrived on an enormous wooden tray, scented and gleaming, with a sprig of parsley in its mouth and a carrot protruding from its rump, the whole reposing on a bed of tomatoes.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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