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deli

[del-ee] / ˈdɛl i /






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“The post office. The deli. The grocery store. We love Asian food, and can eat at a different Asian restaurant every day.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

“The largest shareholder is also the CEO/CFO/Treasurer and a Director, who also happens to be the wrestling coach of the high school next door to the deli. The pastrami must be amazing,” Mr. Einhorn noted.

From Washington Times • Sep. 27, 2022

“We have schools for boys and girls, and a kosher grocery and deli. We have a very peaceful, beautiful life. And then, all of a sudden, this happened.”

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2019

“It's a traditional Jewish deli. I was raised on this kind of food, but my kids don’t come to places like this. Now these kind of places are closing all over,” Zelznick said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2017

"Downtown, not too far from the deli. Mo would head there once a week, right after Jummah prayers."

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda




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