cubbyhole
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She was one of just two women on Brzezinski’s staff and occupied a windowless cubbyhole in the West Wing, but Dr. Albright relished her proximity to power.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2022
And when you sneeze in one cubbyhole, a stranger in another calls out, “Bless you.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2022
She made a cubbyhole in some bamboo in her back garden and read The Secret Garden.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2019
Even the former cubbyhole where the ATM was located will have a use, as the video equipment spot so the church videographer can record Sunday services to be streamed over the Internet.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 31, 2018
After he'd retreated into Mr. Carver's cubbyhole, Ross Wilcox and Gary Drake got busy whispering round the hard kids and the in-between kids.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
Long before first pitch, a cowboy hat is set behind the bat rack and under three rows of cubbyholes housing helmets in the Angels dugout.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 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
“One of the young residents there in the early 1980s said: ‘They may be hiding at the Barbizon in their little cubbyholes, but they are still here in New York.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 14, 2021
Some species carve cubbyholes in tree trunks to stash acorns.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2018
He ran to the row of cubbyholes and examined the markings on the scroll cases.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
