carrel
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He shares his remote refuge, a forgotten carrel on the 9th floor, with a woman with a distinct resemblance to Ozeki herself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2021
Dr. Fenno officially retired in 2003 but maintained a campus office — and a study carrel in the library — until his late 80s.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 30, 2020
I looked at the hillside, at the woman in the next carrel sneak-eating Starburst.
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2018
The manuscript did indeed survive, complete and unpublished, and I spent hours turning over its pages at a carrel there.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 9, 2015
I was learning in the obvious academic ways, holding my own in classes, doing most of my studying in a quiet room at the Third World Center or in a carrel at the library.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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