desk
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Her family spoke to the assistance desk and was taken to the only designated wheelchair space on the train.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Hunched over a desk in the Mountain State Spotlight newsroom in Charleston, West Virginia, pen in hand, we scrawled out official notice of our new school in a spiral-bound notebook.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
His desk is covered with fidget toys: slinkies, small squishies, silly putty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
The middle of an adjustable BP cuff should be at mid-heart level while the arm rests on a desk or table.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
The fake smile melted off my face as Mr. Haber stood up and moved around the desk with the cash.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Executives are now guiding for a cooler third quarter for their trading desks, weighed down in part by their fixed-income trading businesses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Some rested on cots and benches with their dogs in hallways, while others lay with blankets on the floors of classrooms where desks and chairs were pushed to the side.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 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
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
Stacks of paper and empty takeout cartons were piled on a pair of antique metal desks.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
