breakfast
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If you’ve ever read anything by biographer Robert Caro, you get the feeling that he could wring 100 pages out of what he had for breakfast.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
When WSJ asked her how she’d spend 24 hours in the city, she gave us a thorough rundown, from where to eat breakfast to where she’d shop for a stylish outfit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Instead, Luke loads up on protein — including nearly a carton of eggs to himself every morning for breakfast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
It’s just as good for a long breakfast as it is for an aperitivo later in the day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
“Stop gaping like an idiot and look alive,” she whispered as Callaway excitedly motioned a small group of kids over from where they’d been sitting around a table eating breakfast.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Lyne hosted breakfasts for women working in New York’s technology sector, informal gatherings that grew, in a matter of months, from fewer than a dozen people to more than 100 attendees, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
People may still be waiting for a result while tucking into their breakfasts, rather than waking up to find out who has won.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
If approved, the state would have a constitutional mandate to provide free lunches and breakfasts for all K-12 public school students.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
Neighbors hosted pancake breakfasts and spaghetti nights to raise money for lawyers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Then the babysitter arrived, an older woman named Mrs. Trapane, who got Jaime and Jason dressed and gave them their breakfasts while Nancy climbed back up to the cupola and returned to her books.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
And yet, like many New Yorkers, I’ve breakfasted all my life on buttered rolls, wrapped in plastic, foil or wax paper and sold for about a dollar at any corner deli, bodega or coffee cart.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2017
Mitt Romney in 2012 famously declared in Mississippi that he'd just breakfasted on "a biscuit and some cheesy grits" — drawing groans from a crowd who knew he meant cheese grits.
From US News ● Feb. 19, 2016
Administrations, breakfasted with editors, huddled with American nuclear experts, and briefed the Times editorial board.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 6, 2015
The well-heeled passengers breakfasted on smoked salmon and pastries, then boarded an air-conditioned Cuban government bus for a day of touring the city.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 7, 2015
He had risen early, breakfasted almost alone, and had spent the morning going over the notes of the case that was recalling him to London.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
An apocryphal story has George Washington breakfasting with Thomas Jefferson and referring to the Senate as a saucer intended to cool the passions of the intemperate lower chamber.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2025
Clients include breakfasting Qataris, construction and security guards off overnight shifts and, this week, tourists in soccer jerseys descending on the country, where foreigners, mostly migrant workers, form the bulk of the 3 million population.
From Reuters ● Nov. 24, 2022
In the future, you could be breakfasting on false banana or snacking on pandanus tree fruit.
From BBC ● May 21, 2022
Bonus: This quirk makes stollen the ideal make-ahead treat for all your holiday gifting, breakfasting, and last-minute company needs.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2021
The plans he rearranged to come here weren’t just sleeping late or breakfasting with friends.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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