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drawer

[drawr, draw-er] / drɔr, ˈdrɔ ər /


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Or stash it out of sight in a drawer.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

The Austin, Texas, chaplain keeps the plastic passport in a dresser drawer.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

Rare dinosaur bone, stuck in a drawer for decades.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

Straight away we’re suspicious that Carney and co-screenwriter Peter McDonald stashed this story in a drawer ages ago and didn’t bother to dust it off.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

He pulled a drawer open and sifted through it.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

“After all these months, the investigators are left with 12 metal file drawers full of information, much of it useless,” wrote Newsday.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

She commonly sees kitchens where infrequently used gadgets take up "prime real estate"; things which could be stored in drawers, cupboards or even the loft, if it's something really gathering dust.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

No pet dragons, though — just a baby unicorn, representing the fantasy mascot ruling many of that era’s pre-teen accessory drawers.

From Salon Jun. 24, 2026

"There are many meteorites sitting in drawers that haven't been thoroughly studied, so there were likely more of these protoplanets we don't know about," Bell said.

From Science Daily Jun. 23, 2026

I dig through the kitchen drawers in search of a thermometer but come up empty.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller




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