dinner
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In the ’80s — before a text message counted as a greeting — he shared meals and dinner conversation with our family.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
Speaking at a Fianna Fáil dinner on Saturday, Martin said that "absolutely nobody benefits from the reopening of the dispute over the parade on the Garvaghy Road".
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
At the Brics summit in India earlier in September, Xi skipped a gala dinner attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin and other world leaders because he wasn’t feeling well, The Wall Street Journal reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
The animals’ success has delighted conservationists but frustrated some cattle ranchers, whose livelihood can become dinner for the endangered canids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
But as quick as we knocked off for noon dinner, Tansy was all over us.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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Ekerdt described a woman he interviewed who had once hosted family dinners for 12 or 15 and kept enough dishes to serve everyone.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
The brand just flew more than 100 VICs—“very important clients”—to Milan Fashion Week, providing them with private access to da Vinci’s “Last Supper,” private dinners and a tour of its newly renovated store.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
“My girlfriend’s vegetarian. So, I’ve been in Boston these past few weeks and she’s been working, so I’ve been doing a lot of the dinners, and they haven’t been great.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
The White House ballroom was initially promoted as a venue for state dinners and other large events.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
The woman who’d come to our house for countless dinners, who’d always asked me about my life as if she actually cared.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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