secretary
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Down by her green toes, Melanie Griffith’s Staten Island secretary Tess McGill ferries to Manhattan to type memos for important men.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026
The Colorado secretary of state’s office has declined to open an investigation.
From Slate • Jun. 29, 2026
According to Han, in the early 2000s guanniu got a boost from Xi Jinping, then the provincial party secretary, who pushed for traditions like bull wrestling to be officially listed as "intangible cultural heritage".
From Barron's • Jun. 28, 2026
Another name also cropping up frequently in conversations is another Miliband - Ed's brother David, a former foreign secretary.
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026
The envelope read: "To the Honorable Don Sancho Panza, Governor of Barataria Island, in his own hands or in the hands of his secretary."
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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