recline

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Recent Examples of recline 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 There's only one air travel debate that's as divisive as window or aisle, and that's the issue of reclining. Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024 The stylish egg chair has supportive cushions to recline in and a padded ottoman to put your feet up on. Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2024 Last month, a viral video from a flight that departed Denver shows an irate passenger shaking the seat in front of him and pushing it with his feet to stop the passenger from reclining. Gretchen Eichenberg, Fox News, 14 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for recline 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recline
Verb
  • Sure, under Major League Baseball’s current economic system, the game’s financial playing field is tilted.
    Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The planets in our solar system orbit the sun in roughly the same plane, known as the ecliptic, which is tilted relative to Earth's equator by about 23.5 degrees.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Perhaps for that reason, their remarks, made to largely friendly audiences, were couched in a tone of cautious belligerence.
    Alan Feuer, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The Simpsons are being couched for a limited time to make room for the Griffins.
    Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 21 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Its roof slopes down quite steeply from front to back; its front wall also slopes.
    Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Multiple architectural elements are sloped or curved, including the hallways between guest rooms.
    Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • But their brass doesn’t seem to be inclined to consider Sanders as a candidate to replace Antonio Pierce.
    Vincent Frank, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Republicans, who'll control both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue in 15 days, initially were inclined to split up the border and tax packages into a two-track process.
    Mike Allen, Axios, 5 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Investigators say Clarke of Inwood, New York, was first seen around 5:06 a.m. walking near a man sleeping on the sidewalk.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The flames never reached the sleeping passenger, police said.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The Wolves failed to lean into their ball movement and size, and Cleveland outexecuted Minnesota by a severe margin en route to a 124-117 Cavaliers’ victory Saturday at Target Center.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Williams has since leaned into the house’s history, dressing up a Puente-like mannequin on the front porch and framing photographs on the wall that document Puente’s history there.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • In a video posted to her Instagram on Sunday, Jan. 19, the 43-year-old reality star shared footage of her 2-year-old son, Phoenix, cozily napping in a blanket alongside two of their beloved pups.
    Toria Sheffield, People.com, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Seniors, on the other hands, may be content with a cozy corner to nap in.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • It is also elevated by the presence and placement of diamonds on the flange and indexes, which are notably set into the curve on either side of a deep flange, originally angled that way in 1963 to enhance readability of the seconds index.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2025
  • But a postseason game is different, in part because teams angle all season to secure home-field advantage in the playoffs.
    Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025

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“Recline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recline. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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