personal effects
Example Sentences
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“But to me, it also seems like it’s somewhat intentional. Because why wouldn’t you as an agency, provide people their their personal documents or personal effects when they get released?”
From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2026
After receiving the report from the mountaineers, officers reached the site by helicopter to collect the remains and personal effects from the Ober Gabelhorn glacier.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2025
Under that water, buildings, statuary, coins and royal personal effects came to rest, and waited to be found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025
Toscano believes the authorities must now go through all the personal effects piece by piece and make them available to the families for closer inspection.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2025
We dug out our spare uniforms and our personal effects, hung our belongings on nails from the wall to keep them off the damp floor.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
