prom
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“He pumped gas and he played golf,” recalled Cathy Boland Polito, Walter’s date for the senior prom who is now a retired medical technologist living in Oro Valley, Ariz.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Her prom dress was supposed to arrive the next day.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
It made up for missed teenage rites of passage — the senior prom, the homecoming dance, the debutante ball — by doubling down on sentimentality.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
The by-now traditional leavers prom, therefore, normally offers students an opportunity to let their hair down as they end one chapter and begin another.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
The prom was over now, so she could look and put her mind on the mess she saw.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
The stores sell dresses for proms, special occasions and quinceañeras, a Latin American rite of passage celebrating a young girl’s 15th birthday and her transition to adulthood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
Several generations have heard EWF at their proms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Suri has previously built and scaled loyalty and rewards proms at companies like Under Armour and United Airlines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
The facilities also played host to local fundraisers, municipal government meetings, Altadena Rotary Club gatherings, high school proms and church events, among other things.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2025
None of the boys started asking for proms like they were supposed to do.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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