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recliner

[ri-klahy-ner] / rɪˈklaɪ nər /


NOUN
chair
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“People think something they have should be donated if it’s not usable. They say: ‘Oh, that recliner doesn’t work anymore, I could donate it,” Novack said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

He watches it all, nearly every evening, usually from a recliner in his Omaha home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

It added that it had also bought a specialist maternity recliner chair for a new breastfeeding and infant feeding clinic at Pathways.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

His wife, the Rev. Raysa Vázquez, woke up every couple of hours and tended to Briany, sitting with her in the brown recliner in the living room, rocking her back to sleep.

From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2026

The new mother sits in Otto's recliner, the baby asleep on her shoulder.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

Americans using VR entertainment in 20 years will probably do so in futuristic recliners similar to those depicted in Pixar’s “WALL-E.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

For two years, he left Daniel’s room untouched, but the image of the empty bed tormented him, so Puerta replaced it with two recliners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2025

“Invest in comfortable seating like recliners or a large sectional sofa that will fit all of your fellow basketball fans,” McCormick said.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2024

But the billionaire's most luxurious planes were a pair of 737 jets he had retrofitted like a lounge, complete with recliners, love seats, mahogany dining and card tables and gourmet food.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2023

The chairs were cushy recliners with thousand-finger massage, built-in headphones, and sword and drink holders for all your demigod kicking-back needs.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan


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