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Recent Examples of reclineIcy Repose by Sue Flood A Weddell seal reclines on an ice floe in Neko Harbor, an inlet on the Antarctic Peninsula.—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025 My knees were in the back of the seat in front of me without the person reclining.—Soo Kim, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024 As a result, EEGs are typically performed over relatively short periods of time in hospitals or clinics, with the patient remaining seated or reclined the whole time.—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 13 Dec. 2024 This Year Several Reddit users sided with the traveler in the comments section of the post, stating that it should be expected that people recline their seats on airplanes.—Raven Brunner, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for recline
The big picture: Sports participation has become a major flashpoint in the Trump administration's restrictions on the transgender community — one on which some Democrats, like California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), appear to be tilting right.
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Avery Lotz,
Axios,
9 Mar. 2025
In the 48 hours leading up to the trade deadline, Canucks management had a strong indication that the Boeser market would be soft even as the market prices for lesser pieces was tilted heavily in sellers’ favours.
Within four hours of going to sleep, he was found unconscious and not breathing by Wallace.
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Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
5 Mar. 2025
Amid a crackdown on outdoor sleeping by Miami Beach police, the city’s unsheltered homeless population was 105 in an overnight count by the Homeless Trust in January, a 31% decrease from a year earlier.
By the end, there was a lot of napping in the cars.
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Scott Feinberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Feb. 2025
Payton stuck to his theme on a fourth-and-8 at the Broncos’ 43 about four minutes into the second stanza, catching the Bills napping on a nifty fake-punt pass from Riley Dixon to a wide-open Marvin Mims Jr.
As a part of his efforts, President Trump is angling to shut down the Department of Education, a move that will have dramatic repercussions around the country.
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Curtis Bunn,
NBC News,
22 Feb. 2025
Louis Vuitton has launched the LV Biker MM, a new signature bag masterminded by artistic director Nicolas Ghesquière, and the chattering fashion classes are already angling to invest.
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