briefcase
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A bigger briefcase was seen as a sign that Greenspan was marshaling evidence for raising rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
That usually happened when they got unlucky and a high-value briefcase was revealed early.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
Despite several security violations over the years, including leaving a briefcase full of classified information on a subway, Ames was then sent to Mexico City in 1981.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 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
Unfortunately, that warning isn’t the scariest part of what was inside the briefcase.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
That one got set aside unopened and then six more briefcases were chosen and opened.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
He opened briefcases and huge chests with bundles of cash.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
By now employees with briefcases, obviously managers, had arrived for the day, and her excuses were wearing thin.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025
The injury to Lee's jugular vein, though requiring extensive surgery, was not critical - but he now campaigns behind bulletproof glass, wearing a bulletproof vest, surrounded by agents carrying ballistic briefcases.
From BBC ● May 27, 2025
At this time of day it was thronged with men pulling on their gowns for dinner, or hurrying to leave papers or briefcases in the common room before moving into the hall.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
