desk
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When he went to get assistance at a ticket desk in the terminal, he found it empty, meanwhile gate agents warned waiting travelers to grab food while they could.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
More-active involvement with the plant—watering and otherwise taking care of it—could “intensify the restorative benefit” of placing a small plant on a desk, according to the study.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
If you work at a desk for a company that is spending heavily on artificial intelligence, your salary may already be paying for the computer.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
The major networks each have their own decision desk where statisticians, political scientists and analysts pore over vote counts, historical trends and polling to determine a winner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
I put the flyer on my desk and go over to my closet.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
At Chicago O’Hare International Airport, there were long lines at the rental-car desks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
Banks have been riding a wave of financing for chips and data centers, as well as rising market valuations, helping drive huge results for their investment banks and trading desks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
They wear drab suits and work out of drab offices; the dramatic montages are of people working intently at their desks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
At Rome's occupied Morgagni high school, where students have barricaded entrances with desks, protesters pointed to the crumbling infrastructure as evidence of neglect.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Children in schools ducked under desks and covered their heads.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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