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  • "When a great artist gets my attention, I pursue it," Mr. Gagosian said, sitting behind his paper-strewn desk in New York.

    The Gagosian Effect Kelly Crow 2011

  • Behind her are grease-spattered cabinets and paper-strewn laminate countertops.

    White Cat Holly Black 2010

  • Or so they imagined, Leferic thought dourly as he sat at the paper-strewn desk in his library.

    THE RIVER KINGS’ ROAD Liane Merciel 2010

  • Dr. James T. McMahon retreats to the chaos of his paper-strewn office to take a call from another physician hoping to refer a patient.

    Re: Am I Blue? - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

  • Her attention, however, was immediately drawn to the plump, middle-aged, unremarkable man who rose from his chair behind a paper-strewn desk.

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • Her attention, however, was immediately drawn to the plump, middle-aged, unremarkable man who rose from his chair behind a paper-strewn desk.

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • Behind her are grease-spattered cabinets and paper-strewn laminate countertops.

    White Cat Holly Black 2010

  • Her attention, however, was immediately drawn to the plump, middle-aged, unremarkable man who rose from his chair behind a paper-strewn desk.

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • There was a paper-strewn desk weighted down with a small TV set, and behind it, in a chair whose leather was so cracked it looked like veined marble, was Jace.

    Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009

  • There was a paper-strewn desk weighted down with a small TV set, and behind it, in a chair whose leather was so cracked it looked like veined marble, was Jace.

    City of Ashes Cassandra Clare 2008

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