desk
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The paper’s opinion desk was also wiped out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Steele is a director of Orbis and a former head of MI6's Russia desk.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The Senate already passed its own version, S. 1525, which has been sitting at the House desk since Aug. 10.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
He contacted the Richland County Sheriff’s Department and his file landed on the desk of Investigator Johnson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
I go back to my desk, pick up the flyer, and read it for a third time.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
At one point, a Greenlandic politician told ProPublica, some schoolchildren were instructed to practice hiding under their desks in case of such an event.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
With many employees back at their desks, it’s now investors’ turn to start planning their return to beaten-down real estate investment trusts.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Dozens of “staff members” fill rows of desks in the bullpen — some clack away on keyboards, others have phone receivers sandwiched between their head and shoulders while taking notes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The biggest set is the interior of the police headquarters – an open-plan office with personal effects on each of the desks and boards of photographs and details of the fictional cases they're working on.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Coal had been the recipient of lots of smiles from adults behind desks in his lifetime.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
