parlor
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For a summer parlor game, let’s play “Who said that?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
“When customers or analysts start thinking, ‘Gosh, AI is gonna eat software or SaaS,’ it comes from the place of seeing parlor tricks.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
“We wanted to create a room where the family can congregate,” said designer Jamie Loren, describing the cozy parlor painted in the color Viridian Odyssey by Dunn-Edwards Paints.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
It’s become a bit of a media-and-tech parlor game to try to estimate exactly what these losses are, on average.
From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2026
Lady Constance rose and fairly danced around the parlor.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
Inside, customers huddle over low tables in a puzzle of terracotta-tiled, plant-filled parlors, drinking the same thing: cà phê trứng aka egg coffee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
Bonds forged from necessity create a family network that allows its members to survive World War II, only to struggle with excess when their pachinko parlors become highly successful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2025
Investments in precision technologies such as robotic milking systems, rotary parlors and wearable health and reproductive technologies can help reduce labor costs across farms.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2024
The flu virus could become aerosolized when milking parlors are cleaned with high-pressure hoses.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 25, 2024
In Seattle and in Sequim, people huddled around radios in their kitchens and parlors stood and cheered when they heard the final salvo.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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