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The West Village condo, perched on the 16th floor of Robert AM Stern’s Superior Ink Building, sold for about $5.76 million.
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Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 20 May 2025
At the head of the Royal Mile, which connects the former fortress to the King’s Palace of Holyroodhouse at its eastern end, Edinburgh Castle has been perched atop its precipitous rock since the 1100s.
—Lottie Gross, AFAR Media, 20 May 2025
The statue, a life-sized likeness that perched atop a tree stump, was unveiled in 2020 in the village of Rozno near Sevnica, the small town in which Melania was born as Melanija Knavs, according to local Slovenian media reports.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 17 May 2025
In the sixth inning, with Manny Machado perched on third base, San Diego’s Xander Bogaerts hit a flyball to Doyle in center.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 9 May 2025
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Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 20 May 2025
At the head of the Royal Mile, which connects the former fortress to the King’s Palace of Holyroodhouse at its eastern end, Edinburgh Castle has been perched atop its precipitous rock since the 1100s.
—Lottie Gross, AFAR Media, 20 May 2025
The statue, a life-sized likeness that perched atop a tree stump, was unveiled in 2020 in the village of Rozno near Sevnica, the small town in which Melania was born as Melanija Knavs, according to local Slovenian media reports.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 17 May 2025
In the sixth inning, with Manny Machado perched on third base, San Diego’s Xander Bogaerts hit a flyball to Doyle in center.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perch
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At least nine of the 25 arrested have landed in immigration detention — scattered across the country from a crowded lockup in Miami to a facility in a sleepy Texas railway town to a confinement in a Pacific Northwest port city overlooked by Mount Rainier.—
Hannah Critchfield,
Sun Sentinel,
29 May 2025
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For btf, landing a drama show with the streamer was a big deal.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
29 May 2025
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The man targeted still has bullet bits lodged in his chest, Brown said.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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First responders found a vehicle lodged in the roof.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
28 May 2025
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All of this came to roost in Tesla’s most recent earnings report last week.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Glass birds in the mornings and roost them in the evenings to better understand their behavior.—
Alex Robinson,
Outdoor Life,
16 Apr. 2025
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Clinique La Prairie in Montreux, Switzerland starting at approximately $25,000 depending on program For many, Clinique La Prairie, nestled on the shores of Lake Geneva, is synonymous with longevity.—
Emily Burns,
Footwear News,
24 May 2025
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Penny Hotel Williamsburg The intimate Penny Hotel, nestled in Williamsburg's core, perfectly captures the neighborhood's artistic essence.—
Malik Peay,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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Broadcom is strategically positioned to capitalize on the generative AI surge with its extensive suite of networking, storage, cybersecurity, and semiconductor offerings.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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As California positions itself as a leader on climate change, former Los Angeles mayor and gubernatorial candidate Antonio Villaraigosa is pivoting away from his own track record as an environmental champion to defend the state’s struggling oil industry.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2025
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The drones — deployed from trucks parked along highways in proximity to Russian military installations — were used to strike 41 heavy bomber jets in bases as far away as Murmansk in Russia's Arctic north and Irkutsk in Siberia, more than 2,700 miles away from the Ukrainian border.—
Charles Maynes,
NPR,
2 June 2025
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The driver of the BMW initially left the area and parked not far away, according to Booth.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
30 May 2025
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Whether the next superintendent comes from the city or the district is significant because whoever takes over will immediately face an uphill battle in settling the books for fiscal year 2026, which begins July 1.—
Nell Salzman,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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Like so many freshman comedies in the streaming age, the first season just doesn’t have enough episodes to settle into a comfortable rhythm.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
28 May 2025
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“Perch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perch. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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