cupboard

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Every time I take one out of the cupboard in the morning, I’m taken back to that trip.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The Lakers likely also will have to empty their cupboard of those first-round picks.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

A man said he was in Ysbyty Glan Clwyd for 22 hours after he suffered a heart attack - and had been in a cupboard before getting on to a ward.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

She says it was only "a few years ago" when she and fellow contestant Amy Gledhill were performing in a Leeds club "where the green room is essentially a cupboard with beer barrels as seats".

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Against another wall there was a shelf, presumably for preparing food, and there was a single cupboard above the shelf.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl