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café

[ka-fay, kuh-, ka-fay] / kæˈfeɪ, kə-, kaˈfeɪ /


cafe


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In the winter of 1921, a group of men gathered in a café in a small working class town.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

We meet Tuesday in the café of a Jerry’s Foods grocery store in this Minneapolis suburb, where nearby diners recognize her and eavesdrop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Recently, I was ordering coffee at a neighborhood café, one location of a regional chain.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

Her father, Kandaiah Jayapalan, was a government employee who also ran a roadside café not far from Chemmani.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Through the window we saw them, all three arm in arm, going toward the café.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

A Belfast cafe, meanwhile, had its bacon and egg soda bread dish represented as a glass of fizzy drink with a cooked egg and bacon floating in it.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

"What we've seen through the menopause cafe is that women's experiences don't fit neatly into boxes," Williams said.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Meanwhile, I was also having my own dates at the same cafe and exploring dating apps.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

"Honestly, my first reaction was: 'Not again'," said Airi Hiane, a 23-year-old cafe worker.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

Every Saturday, Timber, King, Bob, and a girl named Picnic_ant gather at a local restaurant or cafe to eat and play games.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Tracks & Tales, a site founded by British writer Rafi Mercer, reports finding bars, hi-fi cafés and sound-first venues across 171 countries and 6,465 cities.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

Rose Smith, 75, "loved bingo, going to cafés with her friends and, above all, spending time with her family"

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

It’s set in Los Angeles but the cafés and shops are obviously not local and the worst, most dated stock L.A. traffic footage can’t cover that up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

We would be sipping ice-cold spritzes at cafés overlooking the Mediterranean, frolicking down cobblestone streets lined with charming boutiques, and marveling at the frescoes and marble sculptures adorning grand cathedrals.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

There were restaurants, advertised as cafés, and opera houses and polo grounds.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann


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