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cafe

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


café


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It is also investing more heavily in its cafe operations.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

The reductions don’t involve cafe closures and support Niccol’s goal of eliminating $2 billion in costs by the end of its 2028 fiscal year.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Desperate and in pain from trying not to urinate, Anaïs found a cafe that let her use their toilet.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Aya Lewkowicz, a member of the Pink Front activist movement who came from overwhelmingly secular Tel Aviv to help protect the Jerusalem cafe, said Israelis should choose for themselves how to observe Shabbat.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

I can picture our moms, sitting at a cafe table with their Learn About the United States books, sipping tea.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

They met at a café in Waikiki where Leong, still wet from surfing, persuaded Akemoto to stay in Hawaii.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Last week a café owner warned the situation was at a "tipping point" after his premises were targeted.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

The other undercover officer, Anna, got to know him separately, and during a covertly captured conversation in a café in December 2023 she put it to him that his nephew had killed somebody.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

Add coffee, whether that’s hot in a thermos, iced in a travel mug or purchased from a nearby café on the way to the park, and you’re done.

From Salon Jun. 18, 2026

"Oh, yes. They ragged him about me at the café, I guess. He wanted me to grow my hair out. Me, with long hair. I'd look so like hell."

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

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

“The hype started in Japan. In Japan there are even cafés where you have contact with capybaras. And the internet helped, and the public is always curious. They want to know about the species.”

From Slate May 27, 2026

The contest’s co-host Victoria Swarovski, singer, model and crystal heiress, says the city is a true metropolis best experienced on foot—where imperial architecture and centuries-old cafés weave through contemporary restaurants and nightlife.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

They passed no one who appeared to be a Mexican-American until they had left the business district of still-closed offices, stores, and cafés.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty




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