cubbyhole
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As Kumar planted himself in his cubbyhole, Madhu, a volunteer who addressed him as “boss,” called for advice on whether a village temple should install surveillance cameras.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 17, 2022
And when you sneeze in one cubbyhole, a stranger in another calls out, “Bless you.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2022
The team didn’t even have an office, so Thorrington worked from a borrowed cubbyhole on the third floor of a building in West Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2019
She made a cubbyhole in some bamboo in her back garden and read The Secret Garden.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2019
The first night, still in thick timber, he instinctively made a little snow cave, wrapped himself in a blanket, and slept warmly in his icy cubbyhole.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
She’d also like to see childcare assistance and facilities become available to female athletes so they don’t have to search for bathrooms or cubbyholes to tend to their children during competitions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2022
Different passes allow different levels of access to halls, bars, committee rooms and cubbyholes within the Victorian-age premises.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2021
“One of the young residents there in the early 1980s said: ‘They may be hiding at the Barbizon in their little cubbyholes, but they are still here in New York.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 14, 2021
“It suggests a certain working of the mind in which you have 20 active cubbyholes and they are all fully lit,” Olbermann said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2017
Floor lights and other pieces of equipment were scattered around sets that were sectioned off into cubbyholes.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
