dinner

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Same with the table read for dozens of mostly-to-be-axed sketches — like a dinner at which everyone’s trying to get Grandpa to laugh.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

He even hired professional pickpockets to attend a team dinner to take phones and wallets from players, to teach them to stay alert.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

It's more unusual for a US actress to play the part, but Coward actually based the character on an American he'd met at a dinner party in 1921.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Instead, he siphoned the money into a personal slush fund, leased a Manhattan apartment, renovated a lakefront property and spent $3,000 on a birthday dinner at a Michelin-starred restaurant, according to the indictment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

I thought of Nollie, home fixing Sunday dinner for us all.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom