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Recent Examples of perch
Nostalgia aside, the popup at Morrell’s has no seating, save a concrete ledge outside where customers from neighboring businesses often perch with pastries or coffee.
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Mario Cortez, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2026
Lookout Park is a four-acre recreational area perched along the Summerland coast with easy access to both scenic views and the beach below.
—Tiana Molony, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2026
Irene is perched not far away, watching them through binoculars.
—Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Mar. 2026
Live streams from entertainment events like the Grammys or Golden Globes aren’t typically perches for controversy, but, says Anthony McCartney, AP’s entertainment and lifestyles editor, celebrities will sometimes be asked to weigh in on recent headlines.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 Mar. 2026
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Mario Cortez, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2026
Lookout Park is a four-acre recreational area perched along the Summerland coast with easy access to both scenic views and the beach below.
—Tiana Molony, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2026
Irene is perched not far away, watching them through binoculars.
—Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Mar. 2026
Live streams from entertainment events like the Grammys or Golden Globes aren’t typically perches for controversy, but, says Anthony McCartney, AP’s entertainment and lifestyles editor, celebrities will sometimes be asked to weigh in on recent headlines.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perch
Verb
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Evidently, the conversation landed.—
Colin Cerniglia,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Mar. 2026
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Iranians were also celebrating the Persian New Year, known as Nowruz, a normally festive holiday, as Israeli airstrikes landed in Tehran.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Mar. 2026
Verb
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But he is instead now lodged in the middle of it.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
23 Mar. 2026
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That image lodged itself somewhere deep in me and never quite left.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Mar. 2026
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There’s a constant feeling of chickens coming home to roost, regardless of what Amir and Jahan may or may not be up to.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
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Some in the West will be tempted to see this as the generals’ chickens coming home to roost.—
Mihir Sharma,
Twin Cities,
8 Mar. 2026
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True to form, it was nestled in between his smartphone and stacks of paper on a wooden desk in front of him during his confirmation hearing on March 18.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
19 Mar. 2026
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Other frescoes, nestled in niches and corners around the cloister, reveal the fraught history of the location and the activities of its inhabitants.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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This capability allows Iran to position a disguised vessel off America’s coast, launch a nuclear warhead high into the atmosphere to cripple our grid and then sink the ship to obscure its origins.—
Chuck DeVore,
Twin Cities,
22 Mar. 2026
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In November, Axios reported that the digital media company’s board had discussed spinning off the podcast business; the company subsequently sent an investor deck for the audio and video business out to investors and similarly positioned digital media companies.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
22 Mar. 2026
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For decades, The Boardwalk has been one of the few places in University City where places to eat, drink and be merry sit close enough together that diners can park once and walk between them.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Mar. 2026
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With no place to park the aircraft, air traffic control dispatched fire trucks to go to the plane instead and offered stairs to evacuate passengers, all while continuing to manage other traffic.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2026
Verb
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After the overnight speculative panic from a fortnight ago that shot oil prices across the board to nearly $120 per barrel in the early premarket trading hours of March 9, oil prices quickly settled back down to $100.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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After admittedly chasing stats, which led to some early-season struggles, Simmons settled into the defensive end possession and blossomed into one of the SEC’s most prolific sack masters.—
Cedric Golden,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Perch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perch. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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