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Best Hotels and Resorts The Inn at Canal Square
With 22 rooms and three luxury suites perched along the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal in the heart of the historic district, the Inn at Canal Square is arguably Lewes’ most elegant place to stay.
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Tim Neville, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2025
There are about 3,600 bunkers on Sazan, armored cement mushrooms emerging from the vegetation or perched on mountaintops like lookouts against phantom American aircraft carriers or Soviet frigates.
—Marzio Mian, The Dial, 12 June 2025
From a bright overcast sky, fat flakes would fall evenly, equitably, over the Sunset, the Mission, the little saddle ridge where his apartment perched between the Haight and the Castro.
—Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
Cameras with long lenses will be perched in the back of the house while others will be hidden in speakers and TV monitors so viewers can get up close and personal shots of the action.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 6 June 2025
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Tim Neville, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2025
There are about 3,600 bunkers on Sazan, armored cement mushrooms emerging from the vegetation or perched on mountaintops like lookouts against phantom American aircraft carriers or Soviet frigates.
—Marzio Mian, The Dial, 12 June 2025
From a bright overcast sky, fat flakes would fall evenly, equitably, over the Sunset, the Mission, the little saddle ridge where his apartment perched between the Haight and the Castro.
—Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
Cameras with long lenses will be perched in the back of the house while others will be hidden in speakers and TV monitors so viewers can get up close and personal shots of the action.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perch
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Jones sustained the injury after landing on Mercury guard Sami Whitcomb’s foot on a shot attempt at the 8:35 mark of the second quarter on Thursday.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
22 June 2025
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There’s very little chance the club’s top selection (currently landing in the third round) will have any impact on the Oilers’ fortunes before the end of the decade.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
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Hargitay was found lodged under the passenger seat with a head injury, according to People.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
17 June 2025
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In the film, the children's stepmother Ellen Hargitay explained that the adults initially missed Hargitay because she had been lodged under the passenger seat with a head injury.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2025
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Winged Photo Competition Winners At dusk, a family of six Honduran white bats roost on the underside of a leaf, preparing to take off in search of their dinner.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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Though state legislators still have time to work out a solution before that shortfall comes home to roost next year, transit advocates expressed disappointment at how negotiations fell apart despite years of warnings about the fiscal conundrum.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
3 June 2025
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Those facilities had been nestled for nearly a century next to trees more than 250 feet tall and more than 1,500 years old.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
19 June 2025
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As the camera pans across the workspace, the dachshund is seen nestled comfortably on employees' laps, perched on desks, stretched out on the carpet, and demanding the kind of attention usually reserved for quarterly reports or looming deadlines.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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Additionally, some bombers and tankers are already positioned at Diego Garcia, a strategic U.S. base in the Indian Ocean, ready for quick deployment.—
Amira El-Fekki
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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Mbeumo, who had made an out-to-in movement from the right, positioned himself between the Brighton centre-backs.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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Satellite images from Maxar Technology captured vehicles activity at Fordow in the days leading up to the U.S. strikes, including a line of cargo trucks parked outside.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
25 June 2025
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Residents seeking to park in their neighborhoods will have to obtain a special event parking permit from the city.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
25 June 2025
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The unexpected matchup between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Indiana Pacers will be settled on Sunday, June 22 in Oklahoma City.—
Vitas Carosella,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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Listen to this article OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma ‘s $7 billion-plus plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids will go before a judge Friday, potentially setting up votes on whether to accept it for local governments, people who became addicted to the drug and other groups.—
Geoff Mulvihill,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2025
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“Perch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perch. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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