bookcase
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The Qatari plane has oversize leather seats and a faux library bookcase.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Scanning my bookcase, which contains a few hundred volumes, it occurred to me that none of them would make sense if Sister Albertine hadn’t grown me into a reader.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
Slaughter’s bookcase — which she reveals she designed herself — includes work by Southern writers she admires and champions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
"Dementia is like a bookcase - your newest memories would be on the top and then sometimes memories fall out."
From BBC ● May 30, 2024
He walked into the room, shuffled toward the bookcase, picked up the fallen picture frame, and placed it on Doc’s desk.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
If your home contains more than two bookcases, you probably know the cautionary tale of Homer and Langley Collyer.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
The oversize leather seats, plush couches and the faux library bookcases are all staying, albeit with U.S. presidential seals now affixed to the walls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
“A purchaser has the option of retaining a huge amount of custom millwork: closets, bookcases, kitchen cabinetry, bathroom cabinets, marble counters, and high end appliances,” the listing said.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026
The two accompanied one another as they walked through bookcases filled with leather-bound volumes, before inspecting some of the miniatures made especially for the world's largest dollhouse.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025
Nat followed her to the room—saw the bookcases, the big desk, the armchair he had liked.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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