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Meanwhile, the audience has perched between seasons, with little indication of whether the show will sufficiently account for its young stars’ off-camera maturation within the story once it returns.

From Salon • Nov. 24, 2025

On Irving Street, a main artery in the neighborhood of roughly 50,000 people, Marge Heard has perched by the window of the Last Straw, her jewelry store, overseeing neighborhood goings-on since 1975.

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2023

The sculpture of the famed Hollywood actress has perched high above the “Four Ladies of Hollywood” gazebo — a statuesque gateway to the Walk of Fame — for the last 25 years.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2019

Nearby — geographically, if not chronologically — Helen Zughaib’s brightly striped entry complements a picture of a woman who has perched a fancy dress hat atop her black shroud.

From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2018

All smiles and paint, the girls nevertheless seem to have no more relation to their gowns than a statue to the hat which someone has perched on its head.

From The Book of This and That by Lynd, Robert