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dine

[dahyn] / daɪn /


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People dine out and buy more takeout when the economy is all right.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

“Top Chef” has changed the way people dine and talk about food and how they see food television.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

Here people sell, picket, preach, protest, dine, sit and sleep.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

Trump is also scheduled to dine at the Versailles palace west of Paris with Macron on Wednesday evening, after the summit wraps up.

From Barron's Jun. 13, 2026

She also told him that she did not approve of Lyell’s idea that he and Charles should dine every evening at the Athenaeum Club, leaving the wives at home alone.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

Now 102, Rita dines with her friends and plays canasta.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

Advertising executive Hilda Lee, 30, said she enjoys eating Japanese seafood, and dines at Japanese restaurants two to three times each month.

From Reuters Aug. 22, 2023

That’s because this is where the fictional character Emily Cooper, a 20-something American portrayed by Lily Collins, lives, dines and savors French pastries from the local bakery.

From Seattle Times Apr. 21, 2023

He dines on caviar before he starves, turning a hungry eye toward the exotic fish that swim unbothered in their tank high in the sky.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 16, 2023

She rushed to it and threw open the latches, then the lid. dines into a vehicle built for three.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

The following evening, May 9, Eatherly and his cameraman dined at Bob’s Steak & Chop House in the Omni Hotel in downtown Nashville, at 250 Rep. John Lewis Way.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

In April, Le Pen dined with Entreprise et Cité, an elite business club—and ran into obstacles.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

He entertained, wined and dined, and flew people around for vacations at his various properties.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

“Do you want to be adventure buddies?” he asked while we dined at the hotel bar.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2026

We dined in the sitting-room, and she went to bed directly afterwards.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

And this, along with other rising expenses and rising interest rates, might have you thinking twice before hauling the family for a dining experience.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

“That caused a whole shift in dining culture.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

When a team set out to build a destination restaurant at the top of the World Trade Center in 1971, lower Manhattan wasn’t exactly a dining hot spot.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

Check out: Two solid and atmospheric dining options along the Chinatown/North Beach borderlands: China Live and Tony’s Pizza Napoletana.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

My mom called my name from the dining room, and I grabbed both of my cheeks in my fingers and gave them a rough twist to pink them up a bit.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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