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diner

[dahy-ner] / ˈdaɪ nər /


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Denny’s, a casual diner chain, was taken private at the end of last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Over the course of several meetings, including one at an upscale Austrian diner built into a 12th-century monastery, the men said they wanted to feel out the government’s thinking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

On a recent Monday afternoon in a small Mexican diner, not far from the 710 Freeway in East Los Angeles, Gricel Gonzalez, 57, gazed out the window at the avenue.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

It is many things: diner stalwart, weeknight hero, cafeteria punchline.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

Because there is that case full of pies in the diner and my brain just umm took the wrong bus on that.

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor