shelf

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It then hid under a shelf and got locked in overnight before helping itself to some dog food and bird seed for breakfast and knocking stock around the store.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

While this refining process improves shelf life and taste consistency, it also reduces beneficial components such as antioxidants, polyphenols, vitamins and other bioactive substances.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

A policy argument has a limited shelf life; a devotional or memoir can sell indefinitely.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026

Turns out that Pynchon’s perennially Nobel-touted shelf offers a book for each book club category featured in this year’s L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

But most of all I thought about the package that lay on the shelf in the post office.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff