sheaf
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When a nameless secretary drops a sheaf of papers, Kornev’s response to help is instinctive, yet we cringe at the careless faux pas he commits in this unfeeling society.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
"I can talk about him forever, but that won't benefit the people of Bangladesh," the BNP leader said about the Islamist chief, to crowds waving flags with the party symbol, a sheaf of rice.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
The piled sheaf of papers from his confession resembles a manuscript.
From Salon ● May 12, 2024
“This is not about me,” he said, handing me the sheaf.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2024
Rahel could smell the sheaf of bus tickets and the sourness of the steel bus rails on the conductor’s hands.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
At his farm just outside Tunis, Hasan Chetoui stood clutching dry sheaves of wheat, the ears empty husks, after managing to save only 20 hectares of the 150 he planted.
From Reuters ● May 25, 2023
One depicted golden sheaves of wheat, another quarried gray ore, another the tufted wool of sheep.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2023
Her organization sees sheaves of Social Security numbers available as “buy-one-get-one” deals packaged with other consumer data on offer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
The Royall family crest, with its sheaves of wheat, was a symbol of the law school until it was withdrawn in 2016, after 80 years, because of student protests.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2022
Dummies made of wheat sheaves, of barley shocks, of straw, of chaff.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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