breakfast
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What do you do for coffee and breakfast?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
On any given morning, that might mean a breakfast that runs long or a friend unexpectedly appearing across the room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
They turn up at weddings and kids’ birthday parties, in freezer aisles and bakery cases, at country clubs and holiday breakfast tables.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
Inside there were several people, and through a young Russian woman who translated for him, Epstein invited her to breakfast the next morning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Uncle asked as we all sat round the breakfast table.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
For years, when I remembered those breakfasts, I focused on all the times I had said no.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
Today, I’m more interested in the parents, the journeys, sacrifices and terrible fast food breakfasts that got them there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Customers ordered full English breakfasts and Guinnesses and sang national anthems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Those staying in hotels, self-catering apartments, holiday lets such as AirBnbs, aparthotels, bed and breakfasts, guest houses and hostels are all eligible.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
For a time he provoked a smattering of discussion over ham-and-egg breakfasts on the backstretch benches.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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
These genes were much more active when the men had fasted before exercise than when they had breakfasted.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2017
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
He had risen early, breakfasted almost alone, and had spent the morning going over the notes of the case that was recalling him to London.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
An apocryphal story has George Washington breakfasting with Thomas Jefferson and referring to the Senate as a saucer intended to cool the passions of the intemperate lower chamber.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2025
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
The disorder left by the breakfasting bears had been cleared away.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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