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Recent Examples of hope chest
While the tradition of a hope chest has its roots thousands of years ago, cedar became the material du jour thanks to its insect-repelling qualities.
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Heather Bien, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024
My grad school dissertation explored hope chests and wedding traditions among Turkish women.
—Ayla Samli, Longreads, 14 May 2024
The only item that appeared to be missing was a .357-caliber pistol Jean kept in her hope chest.
—Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2022
Heather Bien, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024
My grad school dissertation explored hope chests and wedding traditions among Turkish women.
—Ayla Samli, Longreads, 14 May 2024
The only item that appeared to be missing was a .357-caliber pistol Jean kept in her hope chest.
—Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hope chest
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The caisson becomes part of the finished structure.Ari Perez, The Conversation, 10 June 2024
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Using a caisson is another way to provide a dry area at a site that is typically underwater.Ari Perez, The Conversation, 10 June 2024
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Down the street is the artist Jack Pierson’s Elliott Templeton Fine Arts, a jewel box of a space devoted to delicate ideas strongly executed.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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The rooms are jewel boxes with the near-requisite Murano glass chandeliers.Everett Potter, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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The trajectory of another famous figure in the Warner Bros. vault offers an example, Oberschelp says.Jennifer Maas, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
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The owner kept the dime in an Ohio bank vault for more than 40 years.Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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Such stand-alone films were screened in civic spaces, canteens, army venues, trade union halls as well as cinemas.Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
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Smith lost her telephone, tablet and canteen privileges for 90 days, beginning Oct. 4.Mollie Markowitz, Fox News, 16 Oct. 2024
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Then came the law against having open containers of alcohol in the passenger compartment.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Watertight compartments made the ship extremely hard to sink; and Gibbs obsessively removed the flammable wood that ordinarily would have formed much of the ship's interior decor.Steve Inskeep, NPR, 20 Nov. 2024
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Chapter 1: The First Lieutenant Each man in the squadron carried, along with a sea chest, his own burdensome story.David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
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The crack formed on a spot where two pieces were welded together and was hidden behind a sea chest that houses a fire pump, which is part of an onboard sprinkler system.Washington Post, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2017
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Rarely did Ed McCaffrey open up his safe-deposit box to show off his Super Bowl rings, having also won with the 1997 and ’98 Denver Broncos.Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024
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An appeals court finds the FBI did violate rights of some Beverly Hills safe-deposit box holders.Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
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“Hope chest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hope%20chest. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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