briefcase
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Prior to the 2000s, when the Fed communicated much less about the potential path of rates, investors resorted to extreme measures such as assessing the size of Alan Greenspan’s briefcase when he entered meetings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Whitehouse added: "Bye bye Ted old friend. He wasn't a dog; he was a species all of his own. He's gone to the great briefcase emporium in the sky. We will really miss you mate."
From BBC ● Apr. 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
And we’re all like, “He has a briefcase with him.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
He put his briefcase down at his feet, between them, and Mia relaxed an infinitesimal amount.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
If not many high-value briefcases were revealed then that was good for the player.
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 Cold War section includes one of the two briefcases left by Guy Burgess at his London club, when he fled to Moscow in 1951 with fellow spy Donald Maclean.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2025
“There’s gotta be a million leather briefcases in the world. They all smell the same. Like leather!”
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
