desk

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Perched on a desk in a room that acts as a 1980s TV company office is David Tennant, whose character Lord Baddingham provides the moral vacuum at the centre of Rivals.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

The development of the next generation means more to me than sitting at a desk and billing insurance at a pediatrician’s office.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Almodóvar is seated behind his desk, wearing a crisp white T-shirt under a tan chore coat.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Harfuch loved "the streets," preferring "to go on operations" over desk work, Cervantes said.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

Glenn brought a peck basket of them, from somewhere, and left it on Tansy’s desk.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck