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waitress

[wey-tris] / ˈweɪ trɪs /




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He said no more than four words to me the entire meal, but managed to chat up our waitress.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

A waitress in the room cried out in Spanish, “I don’t want to die here. I don’t want to die in this room.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Ashlin McCourt clocks up 60 hours a week working as a civil servant, a waitress and a baker because "life's so expensive", she says.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

One week before his visit, the students emailed him a list of 35 questions that largely circled around Janie Hatley, the Arlington waitress who’d dated Ortiz.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

I continue to stare as he flags the waitress once more.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy




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