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canapé

[kan-uh-pee, -pey, ka-na-pey] / ˈkæn ə pi, -ˌpeɪ, ka naˈpeɪ /




canape


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Scott: I had to prove I could hand someone a canapé.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2023

Coronation music, including Hubert Parry's anthem I Was Glad will be followed by a champagne and canapé reception in the town's Priory Centre.

From BBC May 5, 2023

This canapé base is a collard blini, layered with a light and airy chevre black-eyed pea mousse and topped with a brunoise of roasted beet, lemon zest and green apple Pop Rocks.

From Seattle Times Dec. 30, 2020

You are what you eat,” she said, after nibbling on a caviar canapé.

From New York Times Jan. 28, 2020

A moment later, Dorothy, flinging her short ermine-edged cloak from her shoulders, entered the empty ballroom and threw herself upon the gilded canapé.

From Lorraine A romance by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

No one likes the guy who has rattled through his achievements by the first canape, but, equally, no one remembers the person offering nothing.

From The Guardian Dec. 17, 2016

English celebrity chef Nigella Lawson was pushing a pea-guac-topped canape nearly 10 years ago.

From Washington Times Jul. 2, 2015

Thirty minutes before the first canape is delivered, though, she asks for no company in the kitchen: “I’m in concentrated mode,” she says.

From Washington Post Jan. 16, 2015

After the air display, around 650 people will attend a lunchtime canape reception at the palace.

From BusinessWeek Apr. 28, 2011

The soup course may be preceded by one of fruit, where the cocktail or canape has been served in the drawing room.

From How to Prepare and Serve a Meal; and Interior Decoration by Lansdown, Lillian B.

“Well, once I saw her, I knew we weren’t here just to eat canapés and see Corvettes. We had to help her.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 6, 2026

No wonder Woodward is still writing all these books; the guy’s just trying to enjoy his canapés, and the country’s top military officer waltzes over to share choice content like this.

From Slate Oct. 19, 2024

That's not to say Mr Hunt won't be tempted to offer around a little platter of canapés, a taster of what could come in the spring.

From BBC Nov. 16, 2023

He grabbed a glass of wine and a few canapés.

From Seattle Times Nov. 13, 2023

Later that afternoon, Barack and I floated around at the palace reception, eating canapés with the other G20 leaders and their spouses.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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