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Recent Examples of pie safeSara McDaniel, the owner of Simply Southern Cottage, is fortunate to have both her great grandmother’s pie safe and her granny’s dishes in her possession.—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 24 Dec. 2025 Porcelain pullout shelves were used to increase surface sizes, while wire shelves added to the air circulation within, much like a pie safe.—Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 29 Dec. 2022 To bring autumnal coziness to a vintage pie safe or hutch, look to an antique scale chockfull of gourds.—Shelby Deering, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2020
The Servidors are massive and must be kept in a storage unit, but many other items are in the china closet, to the chagrin of Mr. Lepore’s mother, Virginia.
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Dan Barry,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2023
My china closet is peopled with memories, but only for me.
In 2006, after successive defeats in state and national elections, he was appointed the party’s propaganda secretary, a key role that helps determine the party’s public outlook and messaging.
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Andrew Pereira,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
14 Apr. 2026
But Trump’s transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, did indicate an openness to airline mergers in a CNBC interview earlier this month.
In his Friday detention hearing, prosecutors said Graves' body was found in a room in the basement of the home that had a bookcase blocking the door, rolled up in a rug.
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Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
Or, lay down a rug, throw in some bean bag chairs, and set up a small bookcase to create a dreamy outdoor reading nook.