workbench
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She sat perched on a stool at her workbench, using a smooth stone to grind soil clumps into fine dust as she talked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
He had to walk back and forth between the truck and his workbench checking Ford’s workshop manual to ensure he followed each of dozens of steps in order.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
A Renaissance painting found underneath a garage workbench has sold for more than half a million pounds at an auction house in Banbury.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2025
Gemini Enterprise also features a no-code workbench allowing any employee to create automated workflows regardless of technical background.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2025
He sighs and waves us over to a workbench along the back wall.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
Scattered pizza boxes left on workbenches lend to the air of dorm-room fantasy but Morot is quick to open one up: no leftover slices, only delicate pieces of fabricated skin applications.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025
The State Dining Room has been transformed into Santa’s workshop, with elves’ workbenches, stools and ladders circling the Christmas trees and tools and gifts-in-progress rounding out the decor.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2023
Or they could end up in the backs of closets or on the workbenches of tech enthusiasts who enjoy hacking abandoned devices.
From The Verge ● Sep. 29, 2021
Reverte emerged from a door between the workbenches that led to the back, two narrow cardboard tubes in one hand.
From Slate ● May 29, 2021
The workshop was like an artists studio, with thirty-foot ceilings and industrial lighting, polished stone floors, and workbenches along with windows.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
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