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dirty laundry
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Toss dirty laundry into the hamper.—
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According to tradition, she was smuggled into the palace wrapped in a carpet—or more likely in a much-less-glamorous sack of dirty laundry—and taken to Caesar’s room.—
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25 Mar. 2026
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