closet
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The only place I would have put it was in my coat closet behind my other old wedding dress that I still needed to sell, and it definitely was not there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
“At least it’s better than a piece of clothing sitting in someone’s closet and not being used at all.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
In the 12th-floor model unit, the steel framework has even been turned into closet shelving.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
There were Roman catacombs with fewer skeletons than those in his closet.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
Now his girlfriend looks like she raided a kid’s craft closet, stuck the reject stuff on hooks, and jammed them in her earlobes.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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I spent some of the newfound time poking in drawers, filing cabinets and closets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Then there are the two walk-in closets, one of which features a sizable island at its center, ideal for storing accessories.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
Thirty years ago L.A. firefighters found children sleeping in closets and babies snoozing in dresser drawers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
They are cutting back where they feel prices have risen too far—primarily the stuff that fills their closets, living room and garage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
In the older days, Arab men wore long, flowing robes and cloaks with golden edges, but suits had sneaked into their closets now.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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"I've grown up around this and I've seen it all from my own perspective. I think that's what I'm so proud to see. There was almost a time when you were a closeted Arsenal fan."
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
“It kind of siphoned all of that pent-up, closeted stuff that you hold back, that you couldn’t freely express,” she said.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
As part of his story’s ongoing tragedy, Preston spent much of his life closeted from the reality of his sexual orientation.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026
"I thought a lot about how difficult it would be to be a closeted pro player."
From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026
“What are you doing with Potter, all these evenings you are closeted together?”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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That there exists so recent and clear an example of purposeful Hollywood closeting helps explain, to a certain extent, how these narratives can take hold.
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2019
If nothing else, it’s smarter closeting strategy—people are going to get a lot more suspicious if every time they see him with you, he starts stammering and shoving you out of view.
From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2016
And because he is closeting up his doubts and fears, his subsequent eruptions into madness, when words abruptly morph into howls, have a harrowing logic.
From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2014
“We have no visibility, people are dying, and this whole world is just closeting everything.”
From Washington Post
No more closeting;, she could have one part of Old Chao, Janis and the children another.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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