baggage

Example Sentences

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Those with elite status on American are still eligible for complimentary bags, and holding the airline’s co-branded credit card also comes with a baggage perk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Still, as the top Cabinet official in the presidential line of succession after the VP, secretaries of state are often ambitious pols who bring baggage all their own.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Parents who are anxious about money may worry they’ll pass their emotional baggage on to the next generation, but it’s possible to give kids constructive financial lessons without weighing them down.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

United Airlines is raising its checked baggage fees as the airline industry faces rising costs due to the Iran war.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Jefferson seemed to think that, once unmoored from British docks and unburdened of European baggage, the ship would sail itself into the proverbial sunset.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis