desk
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Ron spasms under his desk, stifled by the small space; a colleague dries a co-worker’s hair with a piece of paper after blowing bubbles in it; Ron does the loudest meal prep you’ll ever hear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
My desk now holds only stuff I actively use during a typical month, and I keep the desktop uncluttered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Faraji is an entomologist who sometimes calls the insects he studies “skeeters” and who sent me a photo of his desk piled high with mosquito-related history books when I asked him for reading recommendations.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
He said he did not find anyone at the reception desk.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
There were more lines, more waits, more shuffling from desk to desk, but already the camp and its procedures had become unreal to me.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Prior to that, he interned at Bloomberg News on the equities and European technology desks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
“Unfortunately, someone stole a good amount of drives from our office desks this past week,” Sean Berney, a director for original film at Netflix, wrote in a June 25 email, according to the lawsuit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
It showed instruments and carrier bags discarded on work surfaces and even sinks, while desks were littered with paperwork.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
However, compared to a premium of 38%, these are negligible and without unforeseen obstacles, hedge funds and proprietary trading desks will be queuing up to put the trade on.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
The eight teams were assigned work desks in the rotunda.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
