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baggage

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as in luggage

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Recent Examples of baggage Next year’s Superman follow-up Man of Tomorrow hopes to avoid whatever lingering DC baggage and other factors derailed Supergirl. — Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 But the express option is not supposed to be a CTA competitor, the Flyer team said, pitching the train as a ride centered around the needs of air travelers, including luggage racks and even the option to check baggage to their final destination. — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026 What ultimately pushed her toward peace was a refusal to carry the permanent emotional baggage of divorce. — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 20 Aug. 2026 Even worse, Juliet has a three-page invitation poem about leaving all of their baggage and drama behind and meeting them in the castle. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for baggage

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While Guccio Gucci founded the brand back in 1921, the horsebit motif didn’t start cropping up until 1940, seen primarily on luggage, belts and early handbags.

— Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2026
Diego Del Casale, who counts many of Argentina’s top footballers among his clients, tells one story about losing his luggage while flying to London, via Amsterdam, to give Fernandez a trim.

— Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

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Investigators determined an explosive device hidden in a radio-cassette player had been inside a suitcase that was checked in Malta and ultimately transferred to Pan Am Flight 103 without an accompanying passenger.

— Rio Yamat, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
Eccles’s fix is a set of compression bags paired with a cordless pump, which squeezes clothing down, so everything fits without overstuffing a suitcase.

— Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2026

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