brainpan

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The Jewish children’s charity has burrowed into the national brainpan for more than 10 years and attracted government scrutiny for its charitable disbursements.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2023

“Ignorance” is gray and confined within a cage, “Shame” is purple with nails pounded into its squashed brainpan, and “The Subconscious” is covered in gold leaf and recessed into a blue rectangle.

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2023

At the brink of a crisis, he navigates a feudalistic world with an evil emperor, noble houses and subjugated peoples, a tale right out of mythology and right at home in George Lucas’s brainpan.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2021

I’ve got a lot on my brainpan these days!

From Slate • Aug. 6, 2014

My thoughts chased round and round my brainpan.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson