Gray Lady
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The Gray Lady has been looking to trim costs as advertisers dial back spending and consumers rethink subscriptions in the face of high inflation and rising interest rates.
From Reuters • Jul. 10, 2023
Grab your popcorn, fight fans: It’s the Gray Lady versus the self-proclaimed “Caribou Barbie”—with a few intriguing and slightly unnerving First Amendment battles filling out the undercard.
From Slate • Feb. 3, 2022
The Gray Lady has published an accolade of sorts to former President Donald Trump.
From Washington Times • Mar. 3, 2021
It may be a little too vivid for the Gray Lady, but for her own podcast, as well as sites like Deadspin and Esquire, she’s got a little more leeway.
From Salon • Aug. 4, 2019
So Voldemort had managed to wheedle the location of the lost diadem out of the Gray Lady.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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