briefing
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Members of the press were instructed to shelter in place inside the White House briefing room.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
Those were the options: “a leaking tank or a tank that blows up,” Covey said at a briefing Friday afternoon.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
But speaking at a press briefing on Wednesday to mark the release of the network's annual report, she apologised and said she had found the women's accounts "very troubling" to watch.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
"We have got to have more sovereignty and more of Europe standing on its own two feet. That will continue to be our policy in Europe," Vance told a briefing at the White House.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
At precisely 1230 hours, Colonel Bull Meecham strode into the briefing room to meet the officers of his squadron for the first time.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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State of the Union Address 2016
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