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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.
The dresser drawers that sat above the opening served as an ordinary, unremarkable piece of furniture — the kind of detail someone would walk past without a second glance.
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Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
The brand’s ability to shape and influence the non-fashion consumer into being a better dresser is incredibly important.
Burch showed rich tapestry opera coats with coordinating heels, beaded secretary sweaters with high-slit pencil skirts and grandpa’s snuggly cords and sweaters done with a more luxurious, indulgent hand.
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Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
Adam van Koeverden, a 2004 Olympic champion in canoeing who is now Canada’s secretary of state for sport, is a fan of the show.
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Fernanda Figueroa,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
He’d been diagnosed with a serious type of hernia that was causing his stomach to bulge into his chest through his diaphragm, according to court records.
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Amber Gaudet
Updated February 20,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Feb. 2026
An annual chest X-ray — or better yet, low-dose CT scan — is favored as a screening tool by some providers and in some situations.
These same individuals are instrumental in assisting Nell in explaining her mother’s behavior and a mysterious birth certificate for Evie found in a copy of Jane Eyre in their mother’s bookcase.
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The Know,
Denver Post,
15 Feb. 2026
Blind Date Books have become a creative way to weed one’s home bookcase and give a recycled gift.