cocktail party

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And as MAGAdom rounded into shape, and I started telling my girlfriend about Milo Yiannopoulos, she said, “Rather than talking about this guy at a cocktail party, you should be writing a newsletter about it.”

From Slate • May 7, 2026

The night before they had to give the sign painter a decision, on their way home from a cocktail party, Doris said: “The Gap.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

These five WSJ readers shared how they found ways back into the workforce, from crashing a cocktail party to working part-time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

He said the most recent time they ran into each other was more than 10 years ago, at a cocktail party.

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2025

So many giants had gathered there it looked like a cocktail party for redwood trees.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan