parlor
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Bruna Subashi, an energetic woman in her 40s, asked to convene in a luridly pink dessert parlor on Vlore’s waterfront called Big Scoop.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
Often I’d sign on to read the takes of sharp commenters over the writers who provided the digital parlor.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
Backbiting seemed like a favored parlor game in the Concord environs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Always expressive, she describes her style as more akin to a “Victorian parlor meets hunting lodge.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Though she’s wearing the uniform and boots, her fingernails are painted bright red, and her blond hair is styled in a perfect flip as if she’s just gone to the beauty parlor.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
Don’t take our word for it—take a gander at developments in commodity prices besides energy, or financial gaming parlors such as the private-credit market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
The latest show in her Netflix deal, though, portrays it as a blank collection of staircases and parlors not unlike others where all-star ensembles marry screwball comedy with murder.
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2025
“You would see them play in pizza parlors in Portland. They would hang out with fans after the show; they were very approachable.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2024
The flu virus could become aerosolized when milking parlors are cleaned with high-pressure hoses.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 25, 2024
He could see right into old parlors and kitchens, and imagined the people who had lived in them the day their world changed.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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