valet
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He has recently developed a mobile app to make bookings for a barber's shop and a valet parking app for a Saudi client.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
It’s designed to be transit-oriented, as the grounds between the Santa Monica Pier and Bay Street will be steps from the E Line terminus, several major bus routes and a bike valet service.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
When Alice Lockey, a well-read lady’s maid to an aristocrat, meets the bookish Charlie, a valet, the match seems meant to be.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
And a $10 charge for trash hauling and $15 for valet trash service, on top of several other fees.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
William Lee, about sixteen years old at the time of the auction, became George Washington’s valet, or personal servant.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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A total of 84 generals and 22 lower-ranking officers were held in the house -- known as No. 11 Camp -- between 1942 and 1945, served by valets and even allowed out on day trips.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
The valets in the lobby summon golf carts with a flick of the wrist, graciously driving me back and forth from the parking lot.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026
Instead of leaving their cars on site, guests will hand keys to valets who will deposit vehicles in a Bank of America parking structure a block away.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
Instead, he plowed money into services such as ski valets, who wear yellow jackets and help guests carry their gear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
And reflecting this unease, the visiting valets and footmen appeared to regard one another with marked coldness and my own staff were rather glad to be too busy to spend much time with them.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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Besides having a lovely meal, I valeted my car with ease, which allowed me to stroll down the block for a post-dinner constitutional without having to remember which public garage I parked in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2023
But he only checked the ticket on 2 February after finding it when he had to clear his car out before it was valeted.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2023
There was plenty of street parking on Thursday night outside of Il Bacco Italian restaurant in Little Neck, Queens, but we valeted the car anyway.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2023
Garage parking in Manhattan is almost universally valeted, which, on the one hand, provides some measure of security — but also evokes the valet joyride scene from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
From The Verge ● Jul. 26, 2015
For the same reason it was his custom, before being valeted by Petrushka, always to plug his nostrils with a couple of cloves.
From Dead Souls by D. J. Hogarth
Karshare sorted out an insurance policy, the valeting of cars and key transfer.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2023
Instead, Saleh recalled shoveling snow and valeting cars for the actual guests.
From Fox News ● Dec. 2, 2021
Liu and Awkwafina effortlessly riff off each other about the struggles of being the children of Asian and immigrant parents with high expectations, and often defend the valiant, underappreciated profession of valeting.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2021
Maybe that’s what angels do, valeting their wings at the end of a hard day’s flight.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 31, 2018
I supposed that while he had been valeting old Worplesdon she must have trodden on his toes in some way.
From A Wodehouse Miscellany Articles & Stories by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
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