drawer
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If you’re a fan of Croatia, I think you might want to stop reading here and go do something less stressful, like operating a jackhammer, or wrestling a sock drawer full of cobras.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
The Austin, Texas, chaplain keeps the plastic passport in a dresser drawer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Rare dinosaur bone, stuck in a drawer for decades.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Elon Musk probably has a T-shirt in the back of a drawer emblazoned with the line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
I watch as Kendrick throws his backpack over one shoulder and walks up the aisle while Mr. Stanley digs around in his desk drawer for the hall pass.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
Since retiring, we have settled into a slow-and-steady approach to downsizing, habitually scrutinizing drawers and closets and storage boxes anytime we open them, looking around rooms for little things to pass along.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Neatly labeled drawers hold hand fans, plastic snakes, buttons, buckles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 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
She commonly sees kitchens where infrequently used gadgets take up "prime real estate"; things which could be stored in drawers, cupboards or even the loft, if it's something really gathering dust.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
He begins pulling open the heavy wooden drawers.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
