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[bag-ij] / ˈbæg ɪdʒ /


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He suggests bringing in people who have creativity and initiative and lack the baggage of conventional military thinking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

"The baggage hall was the worst and they're very lucky that there wasn't any sort of incident as tempers frayed and the concourse was getting hotter."

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Phil White also spoke of incredibly busy scenes in the airport's baggage reclaim hall, describing it as "carnage" as an influx of disrupted passengers tried to find their luggage.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

And Lefkofsky carries some baggage from Groupon, which saw its multibillion-dollar valuation evaporate soon after its IPO.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

“At the baggage claim, we’ll look at the Big Blue Book some more. Good idea?”

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn




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