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as in perched
to come to rest after descending from the air
pigeons flying home to roost on the roof
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as in lodged
to establish or place comfortably or snugly
a gang of friends had roosted themselves around the ski lodge's massive fireplace
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Recent Examples of roosted
Once the colony grew, the birds roosted in a derelict military barracks nearby, later returning to the pine forest when the facility was renovated.
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Amarachi Orie,
CNN Money,
14 May 2026
Two lovers embraced in a curtained room, while a white peacock roosted on a ledge.
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Dennis Zhou,
New Yorker,
12 Dec. 2025
Exposure often happens during activities like remodeling old buildings or clearing areas where birds have roosted.
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Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
9 Dec. 2025
Amarachi Orie,
CNN Money,
14 May 2026
Two lovers embraced in a curtained room, while a white peacock roosted on a ledge.
—
Dennis Zhou,
New Yorker,
12 Dec. 2025
Exposure often happens during activities like remodeling old buildings or clearing areas where birds have roosted.
—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
9 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roosted
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Many of these restaurants will open during January’s launch phase; meanwhile, lunch at Tapasake lives up to its extraordinary surroundings, perched on The Link’s broad rooftop, sheltered between the two towers.
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It would have been perched on the ship’s grand staircase, and is the only one to have been recovered from the wreckage.
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The pine tree that graced his yard since at least 1985 was firmly lodged in his garage while the top of a tree that obliterated his next door neighbor’s roof dangled precariously in his backyard.
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He was taken into custody and lodged in the Oakland County Jail.
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The Emmy-winning host and executive producer of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver has landed a guest role on General Hospital, appearing in a three-episode arc that'll air on July 2, 3 and 6 on ABC.
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During Friday's public feeding, a butterfly landed on one of the group members, whose mother had recently died.
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The event was a collaboration between Farm Party and the Solano Canyon Community Garden, which operates the 5-acre space nestled in Elysian Park.
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Morocco, which has the best shot of any CAF team of making a mid-July run, is very likely on a collision course with Mbappé’s crew, while four African teams are nestled in Argentina’s section of the bracket.
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Engling touted himself to delegates as the candidate best positioned to continue the GOP’s decade-long hold on all statewide offices, the Indiana Capital Chronicle reported.
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For its part, Chevron is positioned to quickly and reliably deliver natural gas from the Permian Basin, located in West Texas and southeastern New Mexico, to data centers at a competitive cost, Gustavson said in a statement.
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“Roosted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roosted. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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