place mat
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“I think you need to eat something,” she said, slapping the bowl onto a place mat, and she was right.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
Easier said than done when the crumbs of the antipasti are brushed away and your choice of pasta lands on the green-and-gold place mat.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2023
Here seen in an intricately beaded place mat and accompanying charger, gold is the foundation on which this place setting is built, a perfect complement to the metallic design elements found in the centerpiece.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2022
The area of a rectangular place mat is 168 square inches.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
First the place mat, then a loose thread on his shirt.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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