tea break
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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
"Sometimes you have to use force," says a staff member, sitting outside under a canopy during a tea break.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2023
Rain arrived at the scheduled tea break of 17:00, preventing any further action and leaving Australia on 214-5, still 61 short of making England bat again.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2023
The first continues until 10 a.m., pausing for Gandhi and his supporters to have a tea break and lunch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2023
We didn’t have our tea break after the first week because tin was becoming scarce and the Captain was short on canned milk.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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