reclines

present tense third-person singular of recline

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Verb
  • Files, buffers, cuticle tools and even gel systems can last for months or years with proper care, which means the math tilts in favor of DIY after just a few uses.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026
  • Your 11th House of Friends tilts against routines as the instinctive Moon forms a quincunx to passionate Mars in your 6th House of Work.
    Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • Conclusion Somewhere tonight, a car on a random street here in the UK is silently feeding power back into the grid while its owner sleeps!
    Sarwant Singh, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Pick your poison, babe, for a Swift-centric escape in the city that never sleeps.
    Hannah Chubb, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • Espada seeks every late-game advantage and leans hard on his most dependable players to provide it.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • This look leans more subdued and boho with its all-black layers and accessories, but feel free to experiment with contrasting tones and more color for a bolder result.
    Katherine J Igoe, InStyle, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • Instead, the playbook is straightforward – identify a problem, then propose an overly restrictive governing scheme that couches the political favoritism as a beneficial expansion of the regulatory state.
    Wayne Winegarden, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Because its site slopes steeply, the house has upstairs and downstairs entrances.
    Dean Kaufman, Curbed, 30 June 2026
  • One of my favorite choices is developing a dry creek bed that slopes away from a home's foundation.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • Another medium-firm option that will deliver crucial neck support is Casper’s original pillow, which is great for all types of sleepers like our contributor Madeleine Luckel, who snoozes on both of her sides, her back, and stomach.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 26 Feb. 2026
  • In it, Mario snoozes against a tree as a butterfly flutters by his head.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Savoy Brown also wore Manolo Blahnik heels with a Hanut Singh ring.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • These sultry heels have a subtle pink hue like the Elisabet Tang heels, as well as eye-catching hold hardware on the back.
    Jordan Julian, InStyle, 4 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • On some of my visits, Marsha dozes most of the time.
    Marc Silver, NPR, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Rather, the protagonist dozes right through it.
    John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Reclines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reclines. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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