stewardess
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She said: "I think I ordered some wine from the stewardess and I made a funny face because it wasn't a very good wine."
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 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
In 1958, when Mary Pat Laffey Inman became a stewardess — as they were then called — for Northwest Airlines, she was 20 years old and the clock was already ticking.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2024
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
She had the bag the stewardess had given her clutched in one hand.
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
Other stewardesses and I laugh about how lucky we were to be in the industry at that time.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2024
The process of changing young stewardesses into union activists was a lengthy one, full of setbacks and false starts.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2022
“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
Ma's eyes close as the stewardesses busy themselves with preflight chores.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
