breakfast
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They used to have my favorite breakfast in the world: sourdough, soft scramble, prosciutto and Parmesan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
“Are you making sure you’re prioritizing having breakfast in the morning? Or are you walking out the door with a coffee?”
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026
One of my favorite Chicago breakfast spots recently changed the way it serves Texas toast.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
Gutiérrez and Iger had breakfast the morning after the CEO’s return was announced and he is one of the few top-level Chapek-era executives still with Disney.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Mutti and Karli had made me a birthday card, and gave it to me at breakfast.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
In Magaluf, a beach town popular among Brits, restaurants serve full English breakfasts and yorkshire pudding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
The feds operate more than a dozen food assistance programs, which provide grocery money for new parents and their toddlers, as well as free school breakfasts and lunches for lower-income children.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Almost as soon as I had a kitchen of my own, I started making stupidly elaborate breakfasts for overnight guests and baking for community fundraisers.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
“It’s a place to help veterans work through the VA, to help veterans job source, to help veterans come together for Taco Tuesdays and breakfasts and dinners,” Chandler says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Families would eat large breakfasts late, then dress for snow and go out in the knowledge that they’d return to warm, snug houses.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
He enjoyed a privileged childhood: in a 2014 column for the Nikkei Shimbun newspaper, he recounted how his elementary school classmates had teased him when he revealed that he breakfasted with his family’s “maidservant.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
Mitt Romney in 2012 famously declared in Mississippi that he'd just breakfasted on "a biscuit and some cheesy grits" — drawing groans from a crowd who knew he meant cheese grits.
From US News ● Feb. 19, 2016
Administrations, breakfasted with editors, huddled with American nuclear experts, and briefed the Times editorial board.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 6, 2015
The well-heeled passengers breakfasted on smoked salmon and pastries, then boarded an air-conditioned Cuban government bus for a day of touring the city.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 7, 2015
We packed up our tents, breakfasted on raisins and Snickers, and set off into the deep woods.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Clients include breakfasting Qataris, construction and security guards off overnight shifts and, this week, tourists in soccer jerseys descending on the country, where foreigners, mostly migrant workers, form the bulk of the 3 million population.
From Reuters ● Nov. 24, 2022
In the future, you could be breakfasting on false banana or snacking on pandanus tree fruit.
From BBC ● May 21, 2022
Bonus: This quirk makes stollen the ideal make-ahead treat for all your holiday gifting, breakfasting, and last-minute company needs.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2021
Wipe with vinegar: Prep the kitchen and pantry for early breakfasting and quick lunch packing.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 9, 2021
Like Mr. Clutter, the young man breakfasting in a cafe called the Little Jewel never drank coffee.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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