cocktail party

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The next day, to prepare for a cocktail party and dinner, the women in Campbell’s group had their hair teased into bouffants, using a photo of Raquel Welch as inspiration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

“He’s calm as a monk in a firefight,” Craig Renaud says, “but a cocktail party in Brooklyn is absolutely terrifying.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

Say you’re mingling at a cocktail party, networking event, singles mixer or church reception.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

“Hey, X, when you go to a cocktail party, you pick up a little conversation here, another conversation there,” Disney told the animator.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

At the end of a cocktail party, a crowd of people would sit rapt at Tomkins’s feet.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell