banquets

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Many younger Chinese associate red wine with business deals and official banquets, hurting its cool factor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

"I've been to state banquets, they're lovely, but you never get to speak to the visiting head of state," he said, adding it was better to prompt a debate by not attending.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025

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

How would fellow merchants or visiting dignitaries know about these luxe banquets once all those enviable perishables had been consumed?

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2024

They took turns hosting nightly banquets, and the object was to top the effort of the night before.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby