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If the contestant pushed his or her luck then the following rounds opened more briefcases until only two unopened ones remained.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

He opened briefcases and huge chests with bundles of cash.

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025

There’s a moment in the movie where you have one of those metal briefcases and you start banging it against the wall over and over until it finally breaks open.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2025

By now employees with briefcases, obviously managers, had arrived for the day, and her excuses were wearing thin.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025

At this time of day it was thronged with men pulling on their gowns for dinner, or hurrying to leave papers or briefcases in the common room before moving into the hall.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman