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drawer

[drawr, draw-er] / drɔr, ˈdrɔ ər /


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Keep your rental paperwork in your top drawer.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

The $5,000 suites, which accommodate four people, are decked out like hotel rooms with showers, balconies, minibars without price sheets, snacks galore and a drawer of Apple charging accessories free for the taking.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Rare dinosaur bone, stuck in a drawer for decades.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

His block to deny Saibari a second was out of the top drawer.

From BBC Jun. 21, 2026

The drawer flew open so fast it came out of the runners completely.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Inside the workshop are various drawers and boxes labelled "teeth"or "eyeballs".

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

“After all these months, the investigators are left with 12 metal file drawers full of information, much of it useless,” wrote Newsday.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

"There are many meteorites sitting in drawers that haven't been thoroughly studied, so there were likely more of these protoplanets we don't know about," Bell said.

From Science Daily Jun. 23, 2026

Previously, rulings were made based on the nature of the maps themselves, rather than the intent of their drawers.

From Salon May 16, 2026

Two stagehands rolling a chest of drawers on wheels.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein




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