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Recent Examples of recline
Users enter the pod and recline into its comfortable seat.
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Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 30 Nov. 2025
Nauta Design updated the interior, while the yard created a new dinette lounge, where owners or guests can work or relax in seats that recline to induce comfort.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2025
An adjustable bed frame allows sleepers to incline and recline the angle of their mattress.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 10 Oct. 2025
All Qantas business-class seats recline into a fully flat bed and have direct aisle access.
—AFAR Media, 9 Oct. 2025
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Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 30 Nov. 2025
Nauta Design updated the interior, while the yard created a new dinette lounge, where owners or guests can work or relax in seats that recline to induce comfort.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2025
An adjustable bed frame allows sleepers to incline and recline the angle of their mattress.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 10 Oct. 2025
All Qantas business-class seats recline into a fully flat bed and have direct aisle access.
—AFAR Media, 9 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for recline
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recline
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Beginning with the March vernal equinox, the Northern Hemisphere tilts toward the sun until June's summer solstice, when the sun starts to move back south, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
15 Mar. 2026
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The design allows the sails to rotate a full 360 degrees, while the masts can tilt by as much as 70 degrees to optimize wind angles.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Mar. 2026
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Hegseth couched the review in terms of efficiency and reducing waste and overlap.—
Missy Ryan,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2026
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The Golden State Warriors coach couched his criticism Saturday by clarifying that SGA was merely exploiting the system.—
Sam Amick,
New York Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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But by stabilizing and then regrouping constructively, Interdigital has now traced out a bullish inverse head-and-shoulders pattern with an upward-sloping neckline.—
Frank Cappelleri,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2026
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Jost, who also submitted comments to the MPCA on her own behalf, noted that major flooding could someday spread hazardous waste that is buried dozens of feet down, and the site could eventually pose a threat to slope stability.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
8 Mar. 2026
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All the same, certain timely political issues — either the Middle East or immigration domestically, topics one might presume Riley or anyone else might be inclined to speak about — were never addressed from the stage of Austin’s Paramount Theatre on Thursday night.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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The Dolphins are expected to explore signing Packers quarterback Malik Willis when teams can begin talking to free agents on Monday, with the understanding that Miami isn’t positioned or inclined to immerse itself in a bidding war.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2026
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And if the evidence eventually shows the Americans had nothing to do with this, some of us will sleep better.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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While Orlando leads the rankings for green spaces across the globe, don't sleep on other major cities.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Mar. 2026
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Holtz in his later years became something of a caricature, like an actor who leans into the over-the-top quirks of his role.—
Andrew Carter,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
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Bella Hadid followed suit, while also making appearances in the Italian city of design, styling a brown suede jacket with straight-leg denim and pointy boots, leaning into her now-infamous cowgirl-with-a-twist aesthetic.—
Kristina Rutkowski,
Vogue,
17 Mar. 2026
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One of the babies was left napping in the nursery.—
Denise Schrier Cetta,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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At the time, prosecutors said the two guards shopped online, took breaks, and napped instead of checking Epstein’s cell every 30 minutes as required.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
14 Mar. 2026
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Three minutes later, Koga jumped to meet a corner from Honoko Hayashi and angled it into the back of the net to give Japan a 2-0 halftime lead.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Mar. 2026
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In the movie’s fuzzy metaphysics, Shelley wills herself into the consciousness of a character named Ida (also played by Buckley), a young woman angling for survival in 1930s Chicago — a colorful, dangerous world of bawdy lotharios and lethal gangsters.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Recline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recline. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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