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Recent Examples of recline
An adjustable bed frame allows sleepers to incline and recline the angle of their mattress.
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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
The new service, which will launch in November, will feature 21 seats on a double-decker bus (18 on the upper level and three on the lower level), each of which recline into a fully lie-flat bed, according to the company.
—Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
These chairs recline to a zero-gravity position to evenly distribute your weight, reducing pressure on your joints.
—Nora Colomer
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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
The new service, which will launch in November, will feature 21 seats on a double-decker bus (18 on the upper level and three on the lower level), each of which recline into a fully lie-flat bed, according to the company.
—Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
These chairs recline to a zero-gravity position to evenly distribute your weight, reducing pressure on your joints.
—Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recline
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The incident — and how it was handled by the the sport’s governing body, the International Flipper Pinball Association — tilted a friendly community into turmoil.—
Jo Yurcaba,
NBC news,
31 Jan. 2026
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But those squishier methods might be better suited for an era when the power dynamic isn’t tilted so heavily in bosses’ favor.—
Claire Zillman,
Fortune,
28 Jan. 2026
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And even then, it was couched in the polite, ambiguous language.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2026
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With that, more fans and commentators grew intrigued, and others started to couch their disapproval of the theory.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
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The cars were situated on a little plateau, almost a peninsula, surrounded on three sides by downward sloping terrain.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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Low fence markers can be seen outlining the building zone along Route 2, which slopes along open land, wooded patches and some ravines.—
Anna Ortiz,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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And so incline walking ultimately became a window into cardiovascular resilience.—
Outside,
Outside,
31 Jan. 2026
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By all accounts, Hamid—measured and soft-spoken, inclined to listen before speaking—was doing something irrational, especially in Silicon Valley, where many people would rather start something new than fix something broken.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
31 Jan. 2026
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Families are more than welcome, but consider that rooms can only sleep up to four people.—
Sophie Knight,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Feb. 2026
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Last year, immigrant advocates and former inmates told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that, without enough beds there, people were sleeping on concrete.—
Ryan Oehrli
Updated February 6,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Feb. 2026
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Just down the street, the Black Forest Inn is also leaning into service, offering coffee, soup and a warm place to gather.—
Derek James,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Instead of reinventing its brand to appeal to younger wine drinkers, Jordan has leaned deeper into food—because food is the universal entry point.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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But a little before that, photographer Poupay Jutharat was on the ground at the Javits Center, sniffing around as the pups prepped, primped, and occasionally napped before go-time.—
Poupay Jutharat,
Vogue,
4 Feb. 2026
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Babies had to nap beside fans at full blast because the air conditioning didn't work.—
Noel Brennan,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2026
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Now, lookalikes can build their own massive audiences on social media, angling at connection and admiration from millions of admirers that aren’t truly theirs.—
Amanda Montell,
PEOPLE,
1 Feb. 2026
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Sanfilippo, a fifth-generation commercial fisherman, angled for haddock, lobster and flounder, according to the report.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Recline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recline. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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