piece of paper

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Their dormers hadn’t been built yet; the lawns hardly had grass; the trees were plants held steady by sticks, a piece of paper attached by wire to the branches: “Apple tree.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Footage from the annual event showed Pearlman standing with a piece of paper behind the three VIPs, who were all seated at a table on an elevated stage at the Washington Hilton hotel.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

In London, he was taken to a small room, where he saw his photograph printed out on a piece of paper.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

Daniel testified he might have been able to access his wallet remotely using a “seed phrase,” a unique string of words that he wrote down on a piece of paper.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Jonah asked, twisting his face into an imitation of a terrified little kid and making his voice come out high and squeaky: “Oooh, Mommy, Daddy, that piece of paper scared me.”

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix