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Recent Examples of recline
If a passenger’s seat does not recline and the person wishes to move locations, Whitmore suggested speaking with a flight attendant about available options.
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Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
13 Mar. 2026
All rooms have a remote that will give patients the ability to watch TV, recline the bed, call their nurse and see details about their care on a nearby screen, including diagnosis information and the names of the nurses and doctors attending to them.
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Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2026
Airline seats are, by design, very light, simple, and almost entirely rigid with only an insultingly small freedom to recline about two or three inches (5 or 8 cm) at most.
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New Atlas,
16 Dec. 2025
Users enter the pod and recline into its comfortable seat.
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Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Nov. 2025
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Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
13 Mar. 2026
All rooms have a remote that will give patients the ability to watch TV, recline the bed, call their nurse and see details about their care on a nearby screen, including diagnosis information and the names of the nurses and doctors attending to them.
—
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2026
Airline seats are, by design, very light, simple, and almost entirely rigid with only an insultingly small freedom to recline about two or three inches (5 or 8 cm) at most.
—
New Atlas,
16 Dec. 2025
Users enter the pod and recline into its comfortable seat.
—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for recline
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recline
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Your 11th House of Friends tilts against routines as the instinctive Moon forms a quincunx to passionate Mars in your 6th House of Work.
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The current balance appears tilted towards the holders.
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Perhaps a book that couched Castaneda’s story more deeply in the context of the ’70s counterculture and the nature of cults past and present would make his story clearer.
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Another helpful exercise, McCoy says, is to couch potentially thorny or negative interactions in the context of an overall positive situation.
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The plans have touched off stiff opposition from neighbors worried about soil erosion, already a problem in an area of steeply sloping topography, and potential well contamination.
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The sail should slope slightly downward so that rain doesn’t pool.
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If that’s not impressive enough, it’s made from 100 percent cotton, so you’re guaranteed to sleep soundly all year long.
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As night fell, about 50 demonstrators remained sleeping at the site.
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For better or worse, there’s no arguing with the fact that the video is more engaging than simply imagining his desperate escape attempt, especially for people who aren’t naturally inclined to be interested in history and archaeology.
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These monsters—its antitheses—constitute that part of our nature that urges us to be sensible and strong, and that inclines us to see the life drive as trivial, weak, sentimental and immoral.
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By then, however, Jaxon was napping at the daycare center across town before an Easter egg hunt planned that afternoon.
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Our itinerary mostly consisted of long lunches, reading (ok—napping), and beach hopping.
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Next to him were Brad Lander, Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez, all left-leaning candidates running on a platform that includes abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement and taking on bad landlords and greedy corporations.
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Kitchens can lean food-forward, with vanilla, cupcake or even something heartier like tomato leaf, because the scent feels at home alongside cooking aromas.
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Victor Nicholas ended up dozing with his head on her shoulder.
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The toothless man nodded, and the fat woman dozed.
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“Recline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recline. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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