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
George aero-commutes in a glass-domed saucer that folds into a briefcase, and still manages to get stuck in traffic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 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
Seemingly new to the job, POTUS, presented as a level-headed leader, has been barely briefed on the workings of the nuclear football and asks the aide carrying the briefcase to run down the responses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
In preparation, he went out shopping and bought a leather briefcase.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
We would hop into flying “aero sedans” that folded into briefcases and take holidays on an asteroid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 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
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
