desk
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If your work is not near the data center, the security desk or the sales floor, assume the next round will find you.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
The major networks each have their own decision desk where statisticians, political scientists and analysts pore over vote counts, historical trends and polling to determine a winner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
They sit on his desk and hold a special reverence now that the tables have turned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
I sat in the plastic folding chair in the office, across from Fleurijean’s desk, where a few weeks prior, a 20-year-old named Pierre Damas Bel had sat, asking for help.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
A fellow prisoner saw the execution orders on the Japanese commandant’s desk.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
The earnings gain could therefore be most evident in European majors who have invested heavily in their trading desks and integrated model.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
At one point, a Greenlandic politician told ProPublica, some schoolchildren were instructed to practice hiding under their desks in case of such an event.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
With many employees back at their desks, it’s now investors’ turn to start planning their return to beaten-down real estate investment trusts.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Dozens of “staff members” fill rows of desks in the bullpen — some clack away on keyboards, others have phone receivers sandwiched between their head and shoulders while taking notes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
In public school we were told to hide under our desks, or duck on the lawn and cover ourselves with our jackets, or hide along a wall with our hands over our heads.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
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