briefcase
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A parliamentary inquiry later described Intratrek as a "briefcase company" being used as a front to attract investment.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
I came across a briefcase I hadn’t opened in I don’t know how long.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
He said he always had an entrepreneurial flair, selling bubblegum and popcorn from his Samsonite briefcase at Jamaica High School.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
He carried a script he was writing in a slim briefcase, which he’d shuttle back and forth from the brand-new Starbucks down the street.
From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2025
I grab her briefcase in the back seat and start rummaging through the papers inside.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
I fell in with a nerdy set—a small group of academically minded boys who carried their books in briefcases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
He opened briefcases and huge chests with bundles of cash.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
There’s a moment in the movie where you have one of those metal briefcases and you start banging it against the wall over and over until it finally breaks open.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025
By now employees with briefcases, obviously managers, had arrived for the day, and her excuses were wearing thin.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025
Jones led the way to his office, and Ellsberg opened his briefcases and stacked the papers on the desk.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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