stewardess
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Roan appeared from the back of stage, revealing her leather, periwinkle stewardess outfit and red mod bob — an apparent nod to Luc Besson’s 1997 film “The Fifth Element.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
On an airplane, recently, she noticed that when the stewardess came around offering coffee and tea, a surprising number of adults opted for hot chocolate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
For the last year, they've been working with the National Theatre of Scotland to revive them, along with long-suffering stewardess Shona Spurtle and the unhinged Captain Hilary Duff.
From BBC ● May 28, 2025
In 1958, when Mary Pat Laffey Inman became a stewardess — as they were then called — for Northwest Airlines, she was 20 years old and the clock was already ticking.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2024
I told the stewardess before the figure could slip out of the airport, “That’s her.”
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
Apart from captains and chief stewardesses, the majority of crew members arrive fresh each season, and are never seen again.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2020
“Catch Me If You Can” leans hard into ’60s chic, with an ensemble of Pan Am airline stewardesses and a variety-show orchestra on stage.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2019
"But it was feared that if one of the stewardesses didn't stay aboard, he may not let the passengers off in Denver."
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2019
But there are also stewardesses, a donut-shop clerk, a massage therapist and an amateur tennis player.
From Washington Post ● May 23, 2016
None of the stewardesses seemed to have been anywhere that exotic.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
