dinner
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Dad handed us the envelope at a Sunday dinner, with a pot roast going cold on the table because he wouldn’t let anyone eat until he’d made his speech.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
But the supermarket is not an airline, and dinner should not require the same vigilance as booking a flight.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
When friends come over for dinner, they dig into a discussion about life, death and the great beyond—and might be joined at the table by an uninvited, otherworldly guest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Dolling said some organizations historically provided unpaid volunteers dinner, T-shirts, or pens, and others have given volunteers college credit for their work.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026
We’re just at the tail end of dinner when Aunt J shouts, “OHMYGOD!”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
While others find peace through meditation and community dinners, Gibbs finds it through the brigade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
The restaurant occupied a sprawling shopping center alongside an Olive Garden, a Cabela’s and a Costco, making it something of a regional mecca for homecoming dinners, birthday parties and Little League victories.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
They eat specially curated dinners, strut around in breeders’ shows and often rule over their owners like whiskered tyrants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
It says he had two "freebie dinners" with City and that a Sun probe has found "deleted records".
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Our dinners are usually silent, but if Auntie Idris notices, she doesn’t care.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
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