school desk

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One video starts with the character face down on a school desk, his legs not even close to touching the ground.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

The Independent's three-star review says the show "sticks to the original movie like chewing gum to the underside of a school desk" at first, but changes tack by the second half.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025

Round a corner and out pops a slick airbrushed portrait of a demonic clown, or a biohazard symbol on a green and black gradient, scratched like a school desk.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2023

Joe Trupia fell back into the seat of an old wooden school desk.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2022

Resting on an upturned crate or school desk would be the shank of a horse or a side of dog or cat, a box of salt, a licorice stick, an onion, a potato or two.

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli