Example Sentences
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Witkoff sat in a row of hard wooden benches often occupied by people aiming to make public displays of support for Trump—J.D.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
He was parachuted into parliament in a by-election last month to take his place on the green benches and, weeks later, at the top of the greasy pole.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
He also pledged to support Burnham from the back benches.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Slogans were also shouted inside the lower house by the opposition benches, demanding the resignation of the education minister and justice for students.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
We’d been working again for an hour—or sitting at our benches, no one could work —when the order came to return to dormitories.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
