briefcase
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A parliamentary inquiry later described Intratrek as a "briefcase company" being used as a front to attract investment.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
I came across a briefcase I hadn’t opened in I don’t know how long.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
He said he always had an entrepreneurial flair, selling bubblegum and popcorn from his Samsonite briefcase at Jamaica High School.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
He carried a script he was writing in a slim briefcase, which he’d shuttle back and forth from the brand-new Starbucks down the street.
From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2025
She was so focused on her work that, on the afternoon in March when the man with the briefcase began staring at her, she did not notice right away.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
But sometimes the opposite happened: The offer was better than the average of the remaining briefcases and contestants still kept playing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
He opened briefcases and huge chests with bundles of cash.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
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.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025
By now employees with briefcases, obviously managers, had arrived for the day, and her excuses were wearing thin.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025
Packed into one of the briefcases was an even smaller one, just right for me.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
