couch potato

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Recent Examples of couch potato The casual observer and couch potato don’t need to know a thing about obscure scoring systems or the career results of athletes who have spent the past three years largely anonymous. Candace Buckner, Washington Post, 30 June 2024 Postell Pringle as Big Charles exemplifies the couch potato sports fan, standing up for all the big ensemble scenes. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2024 By the way, for all of us couch potatoes who may be staring into our computer screens for way too long day in and day out, doing some arm flexing while sitting at that computer can pay off — even if you aren’t headed for the pageant life! Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 4 June 2024 While still active, with an affinity for going on walks, Eisenhower also loves being a couch potato after a long day of sauntering around. The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for couch potato
Recent Examples of Synonyms for couch potato
Noun
  • The cowboy is able to put out the fire, but not before taking a slug.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2025
  • What was the original basis for their slug of stock?
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Six regions of the country -- Zhytomyr, Dnipropetrovsk, Odessa, Donetsk, Sumy and Cherkasy -- recorded damage from drone attacks, the air force said.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Russia continued its bombardment of Ukraine on Friday, killing three people with a drone strike on an apartment building in a southeastern city.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Now, Korean skincare is known for 10-step routines and unusual, yet viral products, like COSRX snail mucin and salmon sperm injections.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Use it for pest control by adding a ring of biodegradable litter along the topsoil of outdoor plants to keep slugs, snails, and pests away.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • This was all done with a bum wrist, which posed as an inconvenience to him at times.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Tommy, left to prosecute the case against Rusty, has inherited a bum gig.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 26 July 2024

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“Couch potato.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/couch%20potato. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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