stewardess
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Roan appeared from the back of stage, revealing her leather, periwinkle stewardess outfit and red mod bob — an apparent nod to Luc Besson’s 1997 film “The Fifth Element.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Sophie Lainault, a 59 year-old former stewardess on Air France, sought to have her cancer recognised as an occupational disease, brought on by conditions at work.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
On an airplane, recently, she noticed that when the stewardess came around offering coffee and tea, a surprising number of adults opted for hot chocolate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
David Zucker: My favorite has always been when the stewardess says, "I've never been so scared, and besides, I am 26 and I'm not married."
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2023
Vonetta, Fern, and I stood next to the young redheaded stewardess assigned to watch us until Cecile came forward.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
“Catch Me If You Can” leans hard into ’60s chic, with an ensemble of Pan Am airline stewardesses and a variety-show orchestra on stage.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2019
"But it was feared that if one of the stewardesses didn't stay aboard, he may not let the passengers off in Denver."
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2019
The passengers and crew members inside the cabin described a chaotic scene in which the meals the attendants were serving were thrown about and the stewardesses themselves were tossed into the air.
From Slate ● May 15, 2018
Some know her as Rabbi Raquel, the much-suffering moral compass of “Transparent” on Amazon; others as one of the campy stewardesses of the Broadway revival of “Boeing-Boeing.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2016
Ma's eyes close as the stewardesses busy themselves with preflight chores.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
