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as in landed
to come to rest after descending from the air pigeons perching on the roof
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as in nestled
to establish or place comfortably or snugly perched the baby in a basket
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Recent Examples of perched The fate of a game and maybe a series was perched on the restless fingertips of Nikola Jokic, the most efficient maker of floaters in the basketball world. —
Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026 The property includes Casa Cuixmala, Goldsmith’s former residence, which is perched on a small hill overlooking a 2-mile private beach, lagoons and mountains. —Carole Dixon, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026 The work, collected by Yves Saint Laurent and Paul Bergé before drawing the interest of Karl Lagerfeld, Peter Marino, and Tom Ford, offers a fantasy of les enfants laughing while perched on one of Lalanne’s woolly sheep in a sprawling Parisian apartment, Right Bank parents with Left Bank kids. —David Lê, Curbed, 20 Apr. 2026 Bidders will vie for furniture and decor from Keaton’s residences, including a metal step ladder that comes pre-curated with one of the actor’s iconic top hats, among other decorations perched atop each rung. —Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 20 Apr. 2026 Polaris is perched 433 light-years, or just over 2500 trillion miles, above the North Pole. —Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2026 Nags Head is perched on the southern end of the northernmost of the three islands. —Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026 Migrating zebras and noisy elephants Arriving at Leroo La Tau Lodge, perched on the western flank of Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, brought a cluster of surprises. —Lucie Grace, TheWeek, 17 Apr. 2026 Nesting at a Harford County Burger King The geese perched at the Bel Air Burger King are typically a topic of conversation. —Ashley Paul, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026 The property includes Casa Cuixmala, Goldsmith’s former residence, which is perched on a small hill overlooking a 2-mile private beach, lagoons and mountains. —Carole Dixon, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026 The work, collected by Yves Saint Laurent and Paul Bergé before drawing the interest of Karl Lagerfeld, Peter Marino, and Tom Ford, offers a fantasy of les enfants laughing while perched on one of Lalanne’s woolly sheep in a sprawling Parisian apartment, Right Bank parents with Left Bank kids. —David Lê, Curbed, 20 Apr. 2026 Bidders will vie for furniture and decor from Keaton’s residences, including a metal step ladder that comes pre-curated with one of the actor’s iconic top hats, among other decorations perched atop each rung. —Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 20 Apr. 2026 Polaris is perched 433 light-years, or just over 2500 trillion miles, above the North Pole. —Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2026 Nags Head is perched on the southern end of the northernmost of the three islands. —Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026 Migrating zebras and noisy elephants Arriving at Leroo La Tau Lodge, perched on the western flank of Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, brought a cluster of surprises. —Lucie Grace, TheWeek, 17 Apr. 2026 Nesting at a Harford County Burger King The geese perched at the Bel Air Burger King are typically a topic of conversation. —Ashley Paul, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
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No Lakers players, nor coach JJ Redick, landed as finalists for end-of-season individual awards.— Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 20 Apr. 2026
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Blue Origin, founded and owed by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, has landed and reused its smaller New Shepard suborbital booster numerous times, but New Glenn surpasses New Shepard in difficulty and scale.— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 19 Apr. 2026
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Known as 40 Duke, the locale is nestled in the upper floors of its historic flagship—with only those at the tippy top of Selfridges’s loyalty program gaining full access.— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2026
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In the photo, Hat Rack is seen nestled within the weblike Sculpture for Traveling (1918), a net of rubber shower caps cut up and glued together that Duchamp took on a trip to Buenos Aires.— Howard Halle, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
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The public defender also requested a trial and submitted a healthcare order noting a bullet fragment lodged in Medina-Medina’s nasal cavity.— Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
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Also in February, both called the police in Draper and lodged further allegations of domestic violence against each other related to an incident the same month.— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 15 Apr. 2026
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Narváez responded to Weissert’s lockdown efforts with a one-out double and stolen base in the bottom of the sixth, which positioned him to tie the game moments later, when Anthony’s ball found the grass just beyond the middle of the diamond for an RBI single.— Gabrielle Starr, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
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Bee houses should be positioned within 300 feet of an easy food source.— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Perched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/perched. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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