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drawer

[drawr, draw-er] / drɔr, ˈdrɔ ər /


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Straight away we’re suspicious that Carney and co-screenwriter Peter McDonald stashed this story in a drawer ages ago and didn’t bother to dust it off.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

They do not wilt accusingly in your crisper drawer.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

And the solution was hiding in my desk drawer all along.

From Slate • Apr. 26, 2026

More than 30 years later, Nesbitt rediscovered it in a drawer and brought it to Virginia Tech for further study.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

I stash my diploma and award certificates inside a desk drawer where I won’t have to look at them, and I slide the duplicate Emily Dickinson book onto my highest bookshelf.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison




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