cubbyhole
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One classmate decided it’d be fun to raid my cubbyhole, fish out my report card, read it aloud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
They were looking for the source of a leak in the roof, but tucked inside a cubbyhole were the "skeletal remains", Mr Glady said.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2024
“I don’t begrudge anyone retiring,” longtime regular Daniel Eiben said Sept. 15, poking his head into Yoshimura’s cluttered cubbyhole of an office on the store’s penultimate day in business.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
As Kumar planted himself in his cubbyhole, Madhu, a volunteer who addressed him as “boss,” called for advice on whether a village temple should install surveillance cameras.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 17, 2022
It was my plot of earth, my cubbyhole.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
Report cards weren’t handed out; they were slotted into our personal cubbyholes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
She’d also like to see childcare assistance and facilities become available to female athletes so they don’t have to search for bathrooms or cubbyholes to tend to their children during competitions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2022
Different passes allow different levels of access to halls, bars, committee rooms and cubbyholes within the Victorian-age premises.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2021
Some species carve cubbyholes in tree trunks to stash acorns.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2018
But just this side of the door, there's a hive of cubbyholes where the more important teachers've got their own desks.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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