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First is, wear your normal business clothes, as François-Henri Pinault, above, given plenty of elbow room between Gwyneth Paltrow and Lenny Kravitz, dependably does.
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Guy Martin, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Though larger overall than is typical for a luxury ship, Silver Nova is spacious and uncrowded, offering more elbow room per passenger than almost any other cruise vessel.
—David Swanson, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2024
Still, for Harris and Walz, the comic frame seems to leave enough political elbow room for those who usually don’t vote Democrat to discover the foolishness of supporting the Republican presidential ticket.
—Richard Cherwitz, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2024
The human space includes 59.8 inches of second-row elbow room.
—James Raia, The Mercury News, 28 July 2024
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Guy Martin, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Though larger overall than is typical for a luxury ship, Silver Nova is spacious and uncrowded, offering more elbow room per passenger than almost any other cruise vessel.
—David Swanson, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2024
Still, for Harris and Walz, the comic frame seems to leave enough political elbow room for those who usually don’t vote Democrat to discover the foolishness of supporting the Republican presidential ticket.
—Richard Cherwitz, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2024
The human space includes 59.8 inches of second-row elbow room.
—James Raia, The Mercury News, 28 July 2024
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“Elbow room.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elbow%20room. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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