patrons

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As Navarro and a reporter order tapas dishes for the next two hours, patrons at nearby tables raise their cellphone cameras.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

The invitation-only gala, which benefits The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, began in 1948 as a fundraiser that marked the Institute’s annual spring fashion exhibition and was attended primarily by high-society museum patrons.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

It seems these days that almost everyone there has seen or felt the aftermath of an immigration raid: cars with shattered windows left idling and businesses emptied of their usual employees and patrons.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

“That means lots of patrons are usually following.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Upon occasion, the patrons of the stall would offer her wine or ale or great, greasy sausages, and always she would decline.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman