dinner table

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One of his customers that day was a man Enchassi considered a friend, someone who’d been to his house and sat at his dinner table.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

Reciting it at the dinner table, Idle snapped his fingers in time with the punchline.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

“It’s been a lot of dinner table anxiety,” said Babith Bhoopalan, who worked for Microsoft in product management and customer experience before founding his own consulting company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

The price of oil rarely makes it into dinner table conversation.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

They cracked up at the dinner table as I recounted my battles with Robbie, still seething as I ate my spaghetti and meatballs.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama