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Louis, in comparison, is kinda busted — gloomy, tortured, unable to fully embrace the everlasting banquet Lestat has laid out for him.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

At an evening banquet on Monday, Xi praised relations between both countries, saying that China and North Korea are "linked by mountains and rivers and share a common destiny", state outlet Xinhua reported.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

Leonor said her sister and brother, who co-own a banquet hall in the city of Commerce, soon lost a year’s worth of bookings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

Dong Jun, and Hegseth both attended the Xi-Trump summit in Beijing and conversed at a state banquet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

They did more; they came to a banquet in his palace; they condescended to dine with him.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

From there they started staging events to raise money for heritage projects – and success in that led to the banquets.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

Embraced across China since the 1970s, these tunes are widely performed at both casual gatherings and high-profile state banquets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

Many younger Chinese associate red wine with business deals and official banquets, hurting its cool factor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

It’s the week of distractions for players and coaches, with interviews, banquets, pep rallies and constant phone calls seeking tickets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2024

The meetings were wedged in among constant banquets and receptions, at which Ernest considered his attendance essential to forging a personal connection with his Russian counterparts.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

He met with Lao president Bounnhang Vorachit, was feted at a welcome banqueted, where he toasted to a relationship he said would “mean greater progress and opportunity for the people of Laos”.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 6, 2016

They banqueted on the bulbs as fast as the gardeners could plant them.

From Time Magazine Archive

That night, while the four Majesties banqueted at Sinaia, Rumania's greatest diplomat, Foreign Minister Nicholas Titulescu, was seized in the Royal Chateau with acute inflammation of the middle ear.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mecom was banqueted by King Hussein, in turn entertained Jordanian officials with a dinner party at the new Jerusalem Intercontinental Hotel on the Mount of Olives.

From Time Magazine Archive

This Sunday was to be a feast day for everyone, but more especially for the twenty-four elders, who were, that day, to be gloriously banqueted at the saints’ expense and labor.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

“The extravagant gifting and banqueting and entertaining that fueled one big sector of imported wine has evaporated,” said Ian Ford, founding partner of Nimbility, an Asia-based beverage consulting firm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

As photos on the academy website show, this was the last of the banqueting Oscars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2023

It acted as a banqueting hall - though was so large other smaller halls had to be built nearby for some occasions and the royal household usually ate in one of those.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2022

Or, oh — I want Keats, Byron, Rachel Carson, Dickens, Darwin — and, oh, I so want Churchill and, and, and — my dinner party will need a banqueting hall to fit them all in!

From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2021

Your banqueting young lords are here in force, I gather, from the fumes of mutton roasting and strum of harping—harping, which the gods appoint sweet friend of feasts!”

From "The Odyssey" by Homer