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Elsewhere on Saturday, French luxury house Hermes presented its women's collection in the courtyard of the elite Republican Guard police unit in Paris, making the zip its leitmotif and the ultra-fine strap an accessory.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
Atop a low credenza, he displayed a black, leather suitcase that housed inside of it an old laptop attached to an external zip drive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
One strategy among younger buyers, the report said, “may have been to focus their house search in lower-income zip codes.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
So it goes, even when Hal uses his ring to zip into the sky at supersonic speed from California to Rushville, Nebraska, leaving John to fly coach and rent a car to meet him there.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Except, as Camille is quick to point out, there are tons of addresses in one zip code.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
With the would-be tying run standing on first base and one out, Scott crashed hard on Geraldo Perdomo’s sacrifice bunt and zipped a throw across the diamond just in time for the out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
Then he zipped up the bag, slammed the car door shut, and walked out of the lot, onto the sidewalk, and off down the street.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026
Just a few weeks earlier, its shares zipped past $300 after it announced a cryptocurrency strategy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025
I zipped my bags shut, tipped the roomette attendant and dining car team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
I pulled out the leather petty-cash envelope, unzipped to make sure the money was still there, zipped back up.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
Chargers rookie wide receiver Brenen Thompson said he doesn’t love zipping around.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
The awesome technological advances of world-leading American engineers at Anthropic, OpenAI and elsewhere, could be zipping the country further ahead of China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
One said its e-scooters were "a great way for adults to get around the city, zipping between traffic at speeds of up to 15mph".
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
While hurtling through deep space and zipping around the Moon, the Artemis astronauts took thousands of photographs, amassing a stunning portfolio of images.
From Barron's ● Apr. 11, 2026
Justin rides ahead of me, zipping along the sidewalk.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
