standing

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The colony was located inside a dead tree standing about eight meters above the forest floor.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

Growing up in rural Canada, he turned his treehouse into an imaginary spaceship after seeing a photograph of Buzz Aldrin standing on the lunar surface.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

It opens with Ankhmerwer standing in adoration before a gilded Osiris.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

The latter was the only moment of the entire conference that the event space was standing room only.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

A second nurse had joined the first, both now standing where I wanted to see.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom