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The county’s chief administrative officer, Greg Ray, said bats have been roosting in an elevator shaft.

From Washington Times • Jan. 30, 2015

Immediately a crowd of birds rise out of the withies, where they have been roosting, and scatter into the night.

From The Amateur Poacher by Jefferies, Richard

Young stock that have been roosting in open coops are liable to catch cold if confined in tight houses.

From The Dollar Hen by Hastings, Milo M. (Milo Milton)