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as in briefcase
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After giving Michael a false identity as a Royal Marines officer, the British handcuffed a briefcase to his wrist.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026 -
The belted detail near the top and multi-toned, antique-brown leather, for instance, borrow style cues from a traditional men’s briefcase and give it a quaint, workhorse look.—
Irene Richardson,
InStyle,
11 Apr. 2026
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Weston Hurt might have given the American consul Sharpless a bit more vocal oomph, but his well-upholstered baritone and awkward dignity were just right.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Robert Imbrie, the American consul in Tehran, was brutally murdered in 1924, allegedly because a fanatical religious leader accused him of being a Baha’i and poisoning a well.—
Daniel Thomas Potts,
The Conversation,
30 Mar. 2026
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These incidents demonstrate the tightrope diplomats have to walk amid the threat that the war could restart.—
Mike Brest,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Apr. 2026
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Michael Kovrig, a former diplomat who was imprisoned from 2018 to 2021, said Tuesday the agreement will lead to unfair competition and the erosion of Canada’s industrial base.—
Laura Dhillon Kane,
Bloomberg,
21 Apr. 2026
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But in Vienna, Pollak kept a mistress, and Milena had to take a job porting valises at the train station just to make ends meet.—
Christine Estima
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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That a kindly bellhop from The Balmoral, our hotel adjacent to the station, loaded our valises off a trolley cart did little to rein in these trappings.—
Ross Kenneth Urken,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 May 2024
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Yusuf Tuggar, who had been foreign minister since 2023, resigned last month to seek a state governorship.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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The announcement followed a post on X from Iran's foreign minister confirming the opening.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
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It’s also outfitted with three interior compartments to keep your wallet, phone, keys, and other contents organized on the go.—
Clara McMahon,
PEOPLE,
26 Apr. 2026
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Maybe that’s best for players’ wallets, as Boone frequently had to pay Kangaroo Court fines as a youngster with the Reds.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Andrei Vyshinsky, procurator general in the 1930s, had overseen Stalin’s horrendous purges of millions of ordinary citizens – plus most of the members of the Communist Party Central Committee and top Soviet generals.—
Peter Bridges,
The Christian Science Monitor,
10 Jan. 2022
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The procurator of Roman Britain, Catus Decianus, ordered an extra two hundred men to Camulodunum and figured the problem was solved.—
Anne Thériault,
Longreads,
14 May 2021
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His party’s full name is the Respect and Freedom Party, but it’s known by a portmanteau of the first syllables of those Hungarian words.—
Isaac Stanley-Becker,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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But the pop savant soon realized the goofy portmanteau spoke quite seriously to her current state of mind.—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Attaché.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attach%C3%A9. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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