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drawer

[drawr, draw-er] / drɔr, ˈdrɔ ər /


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Keep your rental paperwork in your top drawer.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

The $5,000 suites, which accommodate four people, are decked out like hotel rooms with showers, balconies, minibars without price sheets, snacks galore and a drawer of Apple charging accessories free for the taking.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

An unassuming-looking fossil that spent 40 years lying forgotten in a drawer has turned out to be the first dinosaur bone ever found in Antarctica.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

Mrs. Pritchard went straight to a tall cabinet, opened a drawer, and picked up something wrapped in tissue paper.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

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

Chatrie asks whether the Constitution still remembers that lesson once the rummaging happens through data instead of drawers.

From Slate May 20, 2026

Rosmarin's room has a phone, an exercise bike, bed, drawers, bathroom, chairs, desk and TV.

From BBC May 13, 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

I got started on the first layers, tugging the stifling black stockings up above my knees and then climbing into the long white drawers.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan




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