briefcase
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He also did not mention that three men had visited their hotel room that night, one holding a briefcase, and spent an hour there before they helped the prophet load bags into his car.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
That usually happened when they got unlucky and a high-value briefcase was revealed early.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
He carried a script he was writing in a slim briefcase, which he’d shuttle back and forth from the brand-new Starbucks down the street.
From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2025
Seemingly new to the job, POTUS, presented as a level-headed leader, has been barely briefed on the workings of the nuclear football and asks the aide carrying the briefcase to run down the responses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
He bobbed his head like a shy schoolboy and picked up his briefcase.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
It’s time to put down the orange slices, stop singing “Country Roads” and send in the electric guitars with briefcases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
He opened briefcases and huge chests with bundles of cash.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
There’s a moment in the movie where you have one of those metal briefcases and you start banging it against the wall over and over until it finally breaks open.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025
By now employees with briefcases, obviously managers, had arrived for the day, and her excuses were wearing thin.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025
I didn't even know people still carried briefcases, but I figured since he still was, there must've been some pretty important papers in it.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
