banquets
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Describing himself as a Catholic from the impoverished aristocracy and an entrepreneur, he says it would offend against both his ethics and his business sense to exclude people from the banquets.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Many younger Chinese associate red wine with business deals and official banquets, hurting its cool factor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
Louis XVI — the Sun King — and Queen Marie Antoinette held lavish banquets at Versailles before they were beheaded during the French revolution.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024
Perks include priority class registration that allows them to attend practices, premium seats at games, recognition at team banquets and free shoes.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2024
It was the first in a sequence of impossibly rich and voluminous banquets whose menus raised the question of whether any of the city’s leading men could possibly have a functional artery.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
