drawer
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The oldest weapon in the drawer — the one that raised me, the one that could empty a lunch table in the 1990s — is losing its edge at the ballot box.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026
When she and dad got married, she laminated the seating chart, and she still has the laminated menu from their rehearsal dinner in a kitchen drawer.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
Despite its unusual appearance, the specimen remained unstudied in a museum collection drawer for many years.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
Nearly 5,000 miles from her home, somewhere in Cameroon's capital, Madias Ngake suspects that in a drawer which is not hers, lies an Olympic medal which is.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
"Come with me," he said to Spess, who had watched in mystification while Jeremy peered into his sock drawer, "I want you to help me find something."
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
That evidence had been sitting in museum drawers, misfiled, for decades.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Since retiring, we have settled into a slow-and-steady approach to downsizing, habitually scrutinizing drawers and closets and storage boxes anytime we open them, looking around rooms for little things to pass along.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Neatly labeled drawers hold hand fans, plastic snakes, buttons, buckles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
“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
I look under the bed, run my eyes over the family pictures atop the bedside table, then search the bureau drawers.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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