purse
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I still think about the mother and the report cards in her purse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
“Want me to carry your purse for you?” he ribbed.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Standing on the sidelines, the 25-year-old girlfriend of head coach Bill Belichick wore a Carolina jersey that had been fashioned into a crop top and a bedazzled football purse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Some may argue that witholding your own wealth to protect an inheritance at the expense of the public purse is wrong.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
I opened my purse, meek, and Mrs. Diamant stared down at the squashed butter and the eggs.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
Christina Gonzalez met her in 2023 when she wandered into the store, drawn to the handmade sign and leather purses on the door.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
A retired government employee who now works at Dodger Stadium, Gonzalez buys herself one of Zaggle’s purses for every birthday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
That doesn’t mean these particular investments are ones to match right now for investors with shorter time horizons and far lighter purses.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
“They tucked them into purses, filing cabinets, cookbooks and memory boxes because they believed they would be valuable someday. We think they were right.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
Some were wallets she had decorated with shiny candy wrappers; others were sequined purses she had found.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
The visit has the heavy air of obligation — they don’t see Dad very often — and when he clumsily welcomes them into his ramshackle house, pregnant pauses and pursed lips ensue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2025
Windsor, wearing a grey sweatshirt, sighed and pursed his lips in the dock as the verdicts were announced.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025
In the current, so-called third design generation, the hood slopes down to form the stiff upper lip of a mouth pursed with purpose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2025
That's a wonderful skill that pursed lips breathing.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2024
He pursed his lips and tented his fingers in front of him.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
Big tech firms are spending vast amounts of money pursing these goals.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2025
Using her design skills — they met in New York City when she was attending Parsons School of Design and he was pursing comedy — Beame Martin led a rebuild of the studio-turned-gallery.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2025
Enter the anti-wrinkle straw, shaped like the number 7, with a small hole at the top horizontal portion that allows users to drink without pursing their lips.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
The Forest Service is pursing assisted population migration because it’s likely to have few if any “negative consequences” to ecosystems, he said.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 30, 2023
“Yeah, but not like that. Not like spring break road trip besties,” Anna says, pursing her lips.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
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