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briefcase

noun as in carrier for work papers

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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.

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“As soon as I saw the story, I tried to push it down into my briefcase and hide it,” he says.

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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.

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She lit it for him so he could keep both hands on his briefcase.

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The first thing to note is that it will be Rachel Reeves holding that briefcase for the second time on 26 November.

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