prom
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“He pumped gas and he played golf,” recalled Cathy Boland Polito, Walter’s date for the senior prom who is now a retired medical technologist living in Oro Valley, Ariz.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Her prom dress was supposed to arrive the next day.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
He said he and Alice's daughter Delsie, 17, had wanted to make sure she felt present at her prom so ensured she was in the photographs.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
In high school, while their classmates were attending prom and cheering at football games, Olaf Hichwa and Soren Monroe-Anderson were building drones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
If prom didn't work out, I could always wear it to a family wedding.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
The result: proms with Bentleys, five-figure watches and event planners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
The stores sell dresses for proms, special occasions and quinceañeras, a Latin American rite of passage celebrating a young girl’s 15th birthday and her transition to adulthood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
Suri has previously built and scaled loyalty and rewards proms at companies like Under Armour and United Airlines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
The facilities also played host to local fundraisers, municipal government meetings, Altadena Rotary Club gatherings, high school proms and church events, among other things.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2025
Mary became a combination of teacher, big sister, and fairy godmother, helping her girls with algebra homework, sewing dresses for their proms, and steering them toward college.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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