across the counter
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Where other chefs might bark flat instructions or wave a knife in frustration, her words felt like a hand on your shoulder, a wink across the counter.
From Salon • Sep. 4, 2025
Next in line, we approached her with our scores and as she draped them across the counter, she looked at me and said, “You two are really sweet.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2023
Peaches sprawl across the counter, next to honeycombs I would suck on during long, oppressive summers.
From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2022
One customer, a retired shipyard worker, routinely ordered online, picked up his food wearing a mask and slipped a crisp $50 bill across the counter.
From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2021
When Shady went back to the stove for my breakfast, I leaned across the counter and peered behind it, but there was only a chipped coffee cup holding a couple of nickels and a button.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
