across the counter
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Where other chefs might bark flat instructions or wave a knife in frustration, her words felt like a hand on your shoulder, a wink across the counter.
From Salon • Sep. 4, 2025
Next in line, we approached her with our scores and as she draped them across the counter, she looked at me and said, “You two are really sweet.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2023
Pints sling across the counter to construction workers wearing ski pants, while windburned teenagers — Lessar and his pals — nosh chicken barbecue pizza and play Battleship.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2023
Peaches sprawl across the counter, next to honeycombs I would suck on during long, oppressive summers.
From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2022
He had sliced the lemon by now and pushed it across the counter to her in a red-and-white paper cup.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
