carrel
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He shares his remote refuge, a forgotten carrel on the 9th floor, with a woman with a distinct resemblance to Ozeki herself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2021
Dr. Fenno officially retired in 2003 but maintained a campus office — and a study carrel in the library — until his late 80s.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 30, 2020
If the guy in the next carrel who occasionally clips his nails also cleans the microwave, it’s harder to get annoyed.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2016
I sat in a remote study carrel in the library’s stacks, next to a narrow, dim window with an interior view, and idled through the brittle pages in bound volumes.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 16, 2015
They talked awkwardly for a few minutes, then McCandless disappeared into a carrel.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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