dog-eared
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If journalism is the first draft of history, documentary filmmaking is often an overdue, dog-eared galley proof with no cover art.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025
"This one changed my life," he says, pulling out a dog-eared copy of Pete Rock's They Reminisce Over You.
From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025
There are two recipes I return to every summer, like the way some people revisit a favorite trail or reread a dog-eared paperback.
From Salon • Jul. 4, 2025
All these years later, the books on my nightstand are highlighted, annotated and dog-eared.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2024
He opened the book where it’d been dog-eared.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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