cocktail party

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These five WSJ readers shared how they found ways back into the workforce, from crashing a cocktail party to working part-time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

“There’s some status assigned to that. You’re at a cocktail party talking about it,” Flach said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

He said the most recent time they ran into each other was more than 10 years ago, at a cocktail party.

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2025

“Hey, X, when you go to a cocktail party, you pick up a little conversation here, another conversation there,” Disney told the animator.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

I told Dennis not to invite Norton because if there was one thing this little cocktail party didn’t need, it was Norton Kelly.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel