dinner
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So relax — the government checked, and dinner is fine.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
New York remains a restless town where you can get a steak dinner and a tattoo of Joey Ramone with Joe Franklin etched on your back, long after quitting time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The campaign has played out in backrooms, private hotel suites and discreet dinner tables in Midtown Manhattan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Go for drinks and oysters with friends, or indulge as an appetizer before settling in for dinner.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
And, because I still had some good things in my life, I played ATO with Lorren after dinner.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
It runs through every ring that follows—birthdays, weddings, the births of grandchildren, holidays and ordinary family dinners where someone is forever missing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Stuffing is made for weeknight dinners precisely because it is so good at absorbing the odds and ends that accumulate by midweek, without requiring another trip to the supermarket.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Speaking of weeknight dinners, it’s almost time for me to get cooking.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
Whenever Cannom was out in public, at events or dinners with his family, it was not unusual for people to thank him for the work he had done to save their loved ones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Later that day, I took Barack to lunch at the fancy restaurant on the first floor of our office building, a place packed with well-groomed bankers and lawyers power lunching over meals priced like dinners.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
