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
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
An armored vehicle moved it—or rather moved Ridge, who was handcuffed to a metal briefcase holding the formula—from one bank vault to another in 2018.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 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 opened my briefcase and realized that I'd never thought beyond this moment.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
It’s time to put down the orange slices, stop singing “Country Roads” and send in the electric guitars with briefcases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 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
The senator and a top aide, Norvil Jones, listened to Ellsberg describe what he had in the briefcases and why he thought the papers should be made public.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
