shelf
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It bent over, clamped the cord with its pincers and tucked the cord along a shelf to clear a path.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
The disease can also lower crop yields and shorten shelf life, making it a costly challenge for mushroom farms across the United States.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
Paintings, sculptures, ceramics and books line every available wall, shelf and tabletop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Marketers that can’t get certain items from shelves to homes on shoppers’ accelerated timeline might not get them off the shelf at all—and could lose consumer loyalty in the process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
She kept it in the pantry on a shelf, with its cord all twisted around it.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
Novartis shelves a study for Fabhalta in patients with a serious kidney-disease complication, adding to a growing list of clinical setbacks.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
Waterstones confirmed to the BBC that Faber had advised there were no restrictions on booksellers keeping their current copies on the shelves.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Mandel’s two subsequent books, “The Glass Hotel” released in 2020 and “Sea of Tranquility” which hit bookshop shelves in 2022, were both featured on former President Obama’s “Favorite Books of the Year” list.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
The pallets will be organized so store workers can pull them to a single aisle, and the items can be unloaded in the order they are stocked on shelves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
I touch the floor, the shelves, the corners, feeling around like a blind person.
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
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