drop ceiling
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They pulled down the drop ceiling, and repurposed old workstations as the sales counter, and did extensive rewiring.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026
Walking the set, looking for a funny alternative, I pitched to have it sail through Oscar’s hands, vanish into the open part of the drop ceiling and drop unexpectedly through another ceiling tile.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2024
Stefania Bortolami relocated to TriBeCa in 2017, hiring Dochantschi to renovate a former social security office filled with plywood and drop ceiling tiles.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2023
Where just a few years ago there was an orange drop ceiling, some old lanes and a bar with $4 grilled cheese, there are now sleek liquor cages struck by cool blue lights.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 17, 2018
I showed him the listening devices Hoagland had installed in the drop ceiling.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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