preppy
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Croatia must travel to Dallas, Toronto and Philadelphia for its group games, but it will recover between those matches in the preppy boarding-school confines of Episcopal High School in the D.C. suburbs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
Compared to the resort-ready tunics and preppy Reva flats that embodied Tory 1.0 in the 2000s, Tory 2.0 has evolved into a “weirder,” more innovative version of itself.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
The show formerly starred singer Reneé Rapp, who played the preppy mean girl with a heartwarming coming-out arc, but since Rapp’s departure, the half-hour comedy has fully leaned into the show’s absurdity.
From Salon • Jan. 19, 2025
The crowd in the dining room was a mix of older and younger, but most people were dressed on the preppy side in gingham and Ralph Lauren.
From Slate • Nov. 2, 2024
“Yeah, well,” said the Warden, “Pel the preppy can still clean the bilge.”
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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