hostess
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“We are absolutely stoked to be reopened and welcoming everyone onto the terrace” overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Nepenthe hostess Faith Sassepp said on a phone call as a helicopter roared in the background.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
A no-holds barred interview with US talkshow hostess Oprah Winfrey also deepened the rift.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
In Kim Eunho’s 1927 ink and color painting on silk, “Woman Reading the Fortune of the Day,” a hostess in traditional hanbok dress whiles away her break with gaming tiles as a cigarette smolders nearby.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
The hostess working the front desk at the bar compliments my hair, which, to be honest, is in desperate need of a cut.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026
She was trying to placate her critics by being a courteous hostess like La Beale Isoud.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
The exhibition introduces Williamsburg’s first interpreters: mostly older white women who, as costumed hostesses, were tasked with guiding visitors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
After watching a documentary about bar hostesses who had organized a union, they learned that the women had drafted legislation to protect their rights.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
These nightclubs were frequented by activists, diplomats, politicians, air hostesses and young people.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2023
“It was hard to keep hostesses at the door, because they got scared,” said Cognian, chief executive of the restaurant’s parent company, Grill Concepts Inc.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
Headed for bed, she added, “Happy landings, as the hostesses say! Certainly wish you all had been with me.”
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
