baggage

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Dramatists are more cognizant than ever of the sociopolitical import of these contradictions and they’ve been chronicling the way this historically freighted baggage emerges in the drama of everyday life.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026

Marx’s two primary opponents have baggage of their own.

From Slate • Jun. 29, 2026

Large cracks were on walls, and the airport’s check-in areas and its baggage conveyor belt were covered with bricks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

Your next read: You could be paying an extra $2,000 for home insurance every year because of this financial baggage.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026

“Your baggage, Madame, shall be moved out of this coach altogether. You shall have a compartment in the next coach which was put on at Belgrade.”

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie