hostess
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Imagine your hostess saying she spent 10 hours making your bouillabaisse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The hostess working the front desk at the bar compliments my hair, which, to be honest, is in desperate need of a cut.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026
The 72-year-old said he had been hugely surprised to have his directorial debut, which stars his daughter Ella Bleu as an air hostess, accepted at the world's most prestigious film festival.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
The sisters’ mutual antagonism has a few clever beats, like when they bicker over who had the superior working-class restaurant job, Grace waiting tables or Faith as a hostess.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
We stood beside one another, the host and the hostess, and we were not together.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
The exhibition introduces Williamsburg’s first interpreters: mostly older white women who, as costumed hostesses, were tasked with guiding visitors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
Thompson pursued a counternarrative, describing the spectacle of nightclub hostesses bringing out bottles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2025
After watching a documentary about bar hostesses who had organized a union, they learned that the women had drafted legislation to protect their rights.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
These nightclubs were frequented by activists, diplomats, politicians, air hostesses and young people.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2023
We sat at the table yawning in front of our hostesses, who were cleaning up after the party.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
