briefcase

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That usually happened when they got unlucky and a high-value briefcase was revealed early.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Despite several security violations over the years, including leaving a briefcase full of classified information on a subway, Ames was then sent to Mexico City in 1981.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025

The gentleman in the bow tie opened a leather briefcase.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein