waiting room

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Displayed in Parker’s waiting room and meant to advertise his skills, these canvases surprisingly bear their sitters’ names, giving specificity to the often-anonymous figures of Export painting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

You might enter an old apartment building that’s been rezoned for offices with no waiting room to speak of.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

A packed waiting room, doctors under pressure, mental health crises.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

In Mr. Loznitsa’s vision, the waiting room is one place ideals go to die, or at least whimper.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

The president lay on the waiting room floor, where dozens of people had walked that day, their shoes and boots carrying soot, dirt, and horse manure from the street.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow