breakfast
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Francesca says she eats bread with Nutella for breakfast, a chocolate-filled sponge cake as a snack, pasta with lentils for lunch and usually chicken for dinner.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Prosecutors said Alexander Soofer falsified invoices claiming he was serving fresh meals to residents while actually serving breakfast bars and microwavable ramen noodles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
One box also creates the kind of abundance that makes brunch feel distinct from breakfast.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
"Let's hope things get better," he said, warning that those who enjoy eating a hearty breakfast will have to reduce their intake.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
“She couldn’t keep her breakfast down,” I betrayed.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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If approved, the state would have a constitutional mandate to provide free lunches and breakfasts for all K-12 public school students.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
Customers ordered full English breakfasts and Guinnesses and sang national anthems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Many people are reconsidering their Caesar salad lunches and berry breakfasts as cases of cyclosporiasis, the explosive-diarrhea illness, continue to rise in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
These aren’t difficult or unpalatable breakfasts, but simply different — and nutritious — ones.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 21, 2026
I’d have to skip three breakfasts for that.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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Hazzard said the baboons were “well and resting” after their foiled escape attempt and had breakfasted on bananas, capsicum, apple and bread.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 26, 2020
In the morning, congratulating myself on not having used the emergency phone, I breakfasted on cloudberry doughnuts and homemade dried reindeer.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 22, 2019
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
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
They breakfasted now off the remainder of Tom’s provisions, meant for their supper, with additions that Tom had brought with him.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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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
For a Depression-era teenager accustomed to breakfasting on stale bread and milk, and who had eaten in a restaurant only twice in his life, the Manhattan was paradise.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
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