couch potato

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Recent Examples of couch potato Although some bully-type dogs tend to be couch potatoes, most are athletic. Lisa Bloch, Mercury News, 22 July 2025 However, even couch potatoes who began to exercise consistently saw a benefit — a 22% drop in the risk of early death, the study found. Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 10 July 2025 The number of active travelers over 60 is growing at a rapid pace as many seniors are shunning the perception of being couch potatoes. Roger Sands, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025 After all, there is a reason why people uninterested in physical activity are often dubbed couch potatoes. Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 3 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for couch potato
Recent Examples of Synonyms for couch potato
Noun
  • Place a piece of 6 x 6-inch piece of cardboard or thin plywood on the garden surface to attract slugs, then check under it every morning.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Except this time Boyd witnessed Chapman slug the fastball 400 feet to left-center field for a two-run home run.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Fiber-optic cables line abandoned fields, and drones hunt individual soldiers at all hours of the day.
    Marco Hernandez, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • AeroVironment highlighted that the AMP-HEL prototyping effort is part of the Army’s broader modernization initiative to rapidly develop and field DE solutions to defeat a range of threats, including drones and other airborne systems.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Millions of gastropods, like snails and mollusks from various species, died suddenly in Inle Lake.
    Lauren Liebhaber September 5, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Some of the snail bodies have been painted gold.
    Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With both travel and programming budgets under pressure, all markets have to make a strong case to get buyer and seller bums on seats (or, more accurately, into screening booths and meeting rooms).
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Early forecasters relied on rough chart systems and educated guesswork—not all that more sophisticated than sticking your finger in the air, or relying on your uncle’s bum knee.
    Larry Bradley, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025

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