plates

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During his trip, he inspected the centuries-old Chola Plates, rings with engraved copper plates, that are being returned to India by Leiden University.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Plates couldn’t be refilled until every shrimp was gone, and some servers were tasked with shrimp counting.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Plates and napkins should go at the beginning of the line.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

Plates overflowed with fried eggs, hash browns and bacon.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

Plates, cups, spoons, pot lids, the heavy aluminum rice pot, the frying pan, all half submerged in gray water with a greasy scum floating on the top.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago