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

But he persuaded a shopping mall to give the operation a spot in a corridor, where people can sign their names at a school desk and folding table.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2024

Recife's councilwoman Cida Pedrosa was the key mover in introducing the new legislation: "A lot of the stories that I'd heard were of people who were humiliated because they couldn't fit behind a school desk."

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2022

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