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Recent Examples of perch
Yet another dupe is ankles and ass up, with the real Censori perched on top of her, staring at the flesh cake.
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Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 6 Feb. 2026
Don’t miss the short scramble to the official summit, where there is a trail register marking the spot, surrounded by boulders to perch on.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
Telling it all Orchestra conductors have seen and heard much in their careers while perched and presiding over row after row of musicians.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
Posing inside the event, Stewart showed off a voluminous, piece-y updo that perched on the top of her head with a few wavy face framing pieces hanging down.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 4 Feb. 2026
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Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 6 Feb. 2026
Don’t miss the short scramble to the official summit, where there is a trail register marking the spot, surrounded by boulders to perch on.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
Telling it all Orchestra conductors have seen and heard much in their careers while perched and presiding over row after row of musicians.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
Posing inside the event, Stewart showed off a voluminous, piece-y updo that perched on the top of her head with a few wavy face framing pieces hanging down.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perch
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China has laid out an ambitious lunar plan to land astronauts on the moon before 2030, targeting the south pole, which contains water ice and other resources critical for long-term lunar exploration and settlement.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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Instead, Helix takes off and lands vertically and runs entirely on electricity.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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Doctors decided against removing a bullet that was lodged in his hip.—
Tracy Wright , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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They were expected to be lodged in jail upon their release.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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Crows roost on its dilapidated shingles and fly off simultaneously, like a choreographed murder.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
8 Feb. 2026
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In 2019, the spaces for Black folk to rest and roost on the internet were plentiful.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Our favorite of these was Le Chalet de Pierres, a vast wooden chalet with plenty of outdoor seating nestled at the bottom of a super steep slope.—
Sophie Knight,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Feb. 2026
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The competition is split between Milan, where high fashion meets high-stakes athletics, and Cortina d’Ampezzo, a dreamy mountain town nestled in the Italian Dolomites.—
Jenzia Burgos,
StyleCaster,
6 Feb. 2026
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To craft the Super Bowl campaign, Anthropic worked with the indie British ad agency Mother, which has somewhat ironically positioned itself as a deeply human creative agency in the age of AI.—
Julia Black,
Vanity Fair,
8 Feb. 2026
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In interviews, each candidate in the top half of the pack argued that their individual life experience, in many cases including their faith, best positioned them to carry on the legacy of inclusive representation in the district.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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Guests are asked to park at the Van Buren Parking Deck.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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What better way and what better place to start anew, and to park the despondency and chaos of the past couple of months?—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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While OpenAI hasn’t yet settled on a way to implement ads for its blockbuster chatbot, an early screenshot the company showed off during its announcement late last year indicates that free-tier users will likely be painfully aware that the company is trying to sell them something.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
5 Feb. 2026
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Encased in inflatable shock absorbers, the sphere bounced across the lunar surface like a beach ball, eventually settling and unfolding four petal-like panels to stabilize itself.—
Ilya Ferapontov,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Perch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perch. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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