breakfast
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He also runs a bed and breakfast in Norwich and last year was crowned winner on an episode of Channel 4's Four in a Bed.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
So he did, matching Garton stride for stride before losing his breakfast all over himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The fire broke out on Sunday morning as passengers were eating breakfast, survivor Muhammad Abdul Karim told reporters in Surabaya after disembarking from a rescue vessel.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
So I had breakfast in Paris and dinner in London.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
But just as we were finishing breakfast there was a knock at the door.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Customers ordered full English breakfasts and Guinnesses and sang national anthems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Many people are reconsidering their Caesar salad lunches and berry breakfasts as cases of cyclosporiasis, the explosive-diarrhea illness, continue to rise in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
These breakfasts produce a rapid glucose spike and an insulin response early in the day.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 21, 2026
This is one of my go-to options for easy yet nutritious weekday breakfasts.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
The church served free breakfasts and gave away bags of food to poor people.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
Hazzard said the baboons were “well and resting” after their foiled escape attempt and had breakfasted on bananas, capsicum, apple and bread.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 26, 2020
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
Far back behind them stood the high place where they had breakfasted.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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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