preppy
Example Sentences
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When reporting out his story, I contacted Stern, the filmmaker and old prep school chum who made The Preppy Murder.
From Slate • Oct. 13, 2025
Carroll is expected to testify, as are two friends she spoke to soon after the alleged rape: Lisa Birnbach, who wrote "The Official Preppy Handbook," and former New York news anchor Carol Martin.
From Reuters • Apr. 20, 2023
There are also spooky treats, and Preppy Kitchen’s John Kanell shows how to make a festive bat cake.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2020
By the time "Unsolved Mysteries" launched in 1987 — squarely between the Preppy Killer case and the disappearance of Tara Calico — I was a ready-made natural audience for it.
From Salon • Jul. 6, 2020
“The Preppy Murder” has a deep and abiding interest in this era and atmosphere: how the kids looked, how they talked, what they felt, what New York was like.
From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2019
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