"If it was a fairly new ribbon I suppose there might be a chance."

I hear you have a charming collection of new ribbons from town.

Though Nick wouldn't admit it, a new ribbon of fear had slid between us.

He nodded at the new ribbon on her uniform.

"Just got a new ribbon in it, baby runs sweet as mother's milk."

"I guess he won't need a new ribbon after all," he said.

'Not the sort of place you'd go to to pick up a new ribbon?'

"Come and help me to choose a new ribbon, Elizabeth!"

A new ribbon had been needed for a decade.

She sounded almost as if she were choosing a new ribbon for her hair.