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tea break

NOUN
coffee break
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The couple surprised healthcare staff on their tea break and chatted to them about the pressures they faced during the winter virus season.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

As a truck rolls out of the Bhutanese bottling plant, operated by Veen Waters India, the 40-some line workers take a tea break along a short row of employee housing.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023

Know someone who could use a tea break?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2020

After a tea break, I’m promoted to planting.

From The Guardian • Nov. 7, 2019

The generals should have read Liddell Hart’s book, or have come to the hospital porters lodge and listened carefully during tea break.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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