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plate

[pleyt] / pleɪt /




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But they don’t tell you that the time will come when you stare into the cupboard where the “Elmer the Elephant” plate used to be kept and feel a small but insistent stab of loss.

From The Wall Street Journal

So, how did the naan travel from royal kitchens to our plates?

From BBC

The level of detail even extended to whether the comics would share fries from a single plate or have their own.

From Los Angeles Times

In general, earthquakes are caused by the tectonic plates that make up the earth moving and rubbing together.

From BBC

Go to any of Sporting Kansas City’s home games and check out the parking lot: Right there in KCK, Missouri license plates galore, something once unthinkable in my hometown.

From The Wall Street Journal