posh
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When the King looked rather like he was facing a very tricky spin attack, she suggested: "A posh word like 'lavatory'."
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Speaking afterwards, the cricketer said she was learning English and wanted to find out some posh words to use, suggesting "marvellous" as another example.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Although she has shed some of her Golden State holdings, she held on to one posh property in Beverly Hills.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026
During debates, the former Fox News host has relied on his dry wit and posh tone to make his answers sound stronger than they are.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
They’d talked about him getting a new one, a posh one.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
These days, the 35-year-old’s gigs are at posher places such as London’s Royal Opera House and the Salzburg Festival.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2024
French's first impression of Saunders was that she was beautiful, elegant and posher than she was.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2023
The late senator, herself raised in a well-heeled Jewish family from a posher part of town, just had a knack for showing she cared about her fellow San Franciscans, no matter their background, Chacón said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2023
Mr. Adams was aware that this setting was posher than many of his constituents would be accustomed to.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2022
If you just heard her voice next to Mum's you'd say Mum's posher.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
"My baby son has been having the poshest baths - six bottles of mineral water and two kettles," he said.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026
To say that Beacon Hill is the poshest part of Boston is not entirely true.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 2, 2023
Nichols’ covenants in Sunset Hill and Mission Hills, two of his poshest neighborhoods, were said by his company to have been copied in more than 50 cities.
From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2023
A nature-inspired playground overlooks a sandy beach with the poshest park restrooms I’ve ever seen.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 26, 2021
Kingfisher Meadows's the poshest estate in Black Swan Green, most kids reckon.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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