breakfast
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Sugary soft drinks, biscuits and some breakfast cereals have disappeared from prominent positions in Scotland's supermarkets.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Then there’s the extras at the participating hotels, including daily breakfast for two and a $100 credit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
The kitchen comes complete with an island, breakfast bar, walk-in pantry, and butler’s pantry, while hardwood and stone flooring can be found throughout much of the main level.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
He's just been highlighting the high sugar content in various breakfast cereals while waving an empty box of a very sugary and chocolatey one at me.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Auntie would be calling us soon to tell us to wash and dress and come down for breakfast.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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
Customers ordered full English breakfasts and Guinnesses and sang national anthems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
‘I’ve ordered three breakfasts at the cafeteria,’ she says by way of a greeting.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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
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
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 together, sitting at one corner of the table with their knees touching.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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
The disorder left by the breakfasting bears had been cleared away.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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