drawer

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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

Over the course of a month, notice which ingredients disappear almost embarrassingly fast and which ones slowly expire in the back of your crisper drawer while radiating guilt.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

And the solution was hiding in my desk drawer all along.

From Slate • Apr. 26, 2026

More than 30 years later, Nesbitt rediscovered it in a drawer and brought it to Virginia Tech for further study.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

“You lurked around, hopin’ to lift Tansy out of the ditch just like you grabbed the snake out of the drawer, where you put it.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck