hostess
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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
Later, at a post-match reception at the home of a wealthy local white family, the team lined up to meet the hostess.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
It’s been 101 years since Virginia Woolf first published “Mrs Dalloway,” a novel about persnickety party hostess Clarissa Dalloway colliding with her former lovers, one male and one female.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 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
Fadi followed his father into the busy restaurant, where a hostess in a beehive hairdo greeted them.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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
These nightclubs were frequented by activists, diplomats, politicians, air hostesses and young people.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2023
The complaint states that the plaintiff and other hostesses reported the incident to supervisors, who said they would investigate and provide updates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
I signed up with the agencies that Forza Italia used to hire hostesses for its rallies, which borrowed the American political term "conventions."
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 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
