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He reached his longtime perch in the district attorney’s office’s major crimes unit after a lifetime of struggle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Wilson remains influential on national defense spending from his senior perch on the Armed Services Committee.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

The 2-year Treasury yield’s perch near 4.76% on Tuesday suggests more rate hikes look likely.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Ground-nesting birds such as hen harriers rely on open, treeless bog, safe from predators that would otherwise perch and watch for prey, while the wet ground breeds the invertebrates chicks are fed on.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

“A true thing,” commented Uncle Kufa’s brother from his perch.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

On Centre Court he perches on the public seats on the lookout for any movement.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

Pistachio cold foam now perches atop iced coffees from nationwide chains, Dubai chocolate knock-offs sit at every grocery checkout stand and boutique patisseries fill croissants with pistachio butters and creams.

From Salon ● May 6, 2026

The office used to be one of the few perches prominent enough to attract national attention.

From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026

The house — one level, bright and airy, with concrete floors to smooth the path of his wheelchair — perches at the end of a steep dirt road.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2026

I play the first words of Esteban’s story over and over as my father’s song lifts up to my room, as my uncle packs above me, as the blue jay perches in the Ailanthus tree.

From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson

The superb cast also includes Janai Brugger as the enslaved Mrs. Francis Hodge, perched on a tree branch, who demands revenge on the man who stole her children in a furious high soprano.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Jeanne de Montagnac, 29, stood by her husband and two-year-old daughter, perched on his shoulders with a telephone number scribbled in biro pen on her arm.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

A temporary traffic sign perched on the 405 Freeway in Los Angeles appears to have been hacked earlier this month to display a link to a pro-Iran website.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

The restaurant was perched on the top floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center, about 1,350 feet above the streets of lower Manhattan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

There was a dozen of them perched all along his antlers, and he’d never looked happier.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

There was a time, the woman said, when rolling down the road meant perching on her husband’s back seat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

"One of the responding officers was able to gently coax the bird using food, and the parrot quickly became comfortable, even perching on the officer's hand and shoulder," the airport said in a statement.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026

“Atlanta” built a Lynchian house for its “Teddy Perkins” episode, perching a namesake character buried under prosthetics within its dim innards.

From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2025

They also discovered that the feet are acutely sensitive to touch and this touch had a large representation in the brain, presumably to help with perching.

From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024

In other words, jockeys squat on the pitching backs of their mounts, a task much like perching on the grille of a car while it speeds down a twisting, potholed freeway in traffic.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand