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LIV has couched the withdrawal of Saudi funding as an opportunity for "strategic evolution" and a "multi-partner investment model".

From BBC • May 5, 2026

Harrell has couched the project within his broader “Downtown Activation Plan” as a means to bring life to First Avenue.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2023

The state has couched its mandate in less than mandatory language: “We hope that counties will enforce it,” said Hochul.

From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2021

Its provost, Martin A. Schmidt, has couched the review as an attempt to “identify lessons for the future” rather than “an investigation of any particular individual.”

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2019

Like most other American essayists, she has couched many of her phrases and ideas in the Emersonian mould.

From Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 by Various