desk
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I bought a map and framed it on my desk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
I’m certain everyone who stuck it out in Queens will say they have zero regrets, though they’re probably asleep under a desk right now.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
I told the receptionist at the front desk where I was going, and she said she felt guilty that she couldn’t be there herself, because of her evening shift.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
It closed for good in 2025, 10 years after its front desk stopped taking inquiries from the public.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Several prisoners were standing in line at a large desk.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
It was there I encountered the stories about government workers being ordered back to their desks by the Giuliani administration in the hot zone.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
With three empty desks in the classrooms, some parents were reluctant to send their children back for the new school year.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Dust and debris covered chairs and desks in the regional ministry offices.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
After a multiyear drought in tech IPOs, Wall Street’s equity capital-markets desks are raking in fees again thanks to the artificial-intelligence boom.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
“Please send your designated player to the circle of desks closest to mine.”
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
