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drawer

[drawr, draw-er] / drɔr, ˈdrɔ ər /


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I was startled for a moment when I opened my top desk drawer and saw the contents.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

Keep your rental paperwork in your top drawer.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

If you’re a fan of Croatia, I think you might want to stop reading here and go do something less stressful, like operating a jackhammer, or wrestling a sock drawer full of cobras.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

Elon Musk probably has a T-shirt in the back of a drawer emblazoned with the line.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

In the darkness of her cozy bedchamber, with her moss-green bedspread and the drawer pulls in the shape of mushrooms, she could almost pretend she was in the forest already.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

"Archives are only useful if we can get the information out of dusty drawers and into current research, teaching, and wider conversations," Newland added.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Modern people no longer store the substance of their lives in desk drawers or filing cabinets.

From Slate May 20, 2026

Previously, rulings were made based on the nature of the maps themselves, rather than the intent of their drawers.

From Salon May 16, 2026

Thirty years ago L.A. firefighters found children sleeping in closets and babies snoozing in dresser drawers.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2026

We left her hunting through the cabinet drawers, one by one.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott




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