dinner table

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“He was picking up his phone and looking at it all the time. I would say, ‘Hey, you know there’s no phones at the dinner table.’

From Slate • May 12, 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

Meredith’s childhood friend called from their dinner table.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

Citra arrived on the main floor ready to assess the contents of the pantry and refrigerator, but to her surprise she found the dinner table set for two, and steaming plates of food already there.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman