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café

[ka-fay, kuh-, ka-fay] / kæˈfeɪ, kə-, kaˈfeɪ /


cafe


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Thankfully, I had taken an extra napkin from the café.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Staying vigilant - do you really need to leave your bag or laptop to reserve a café table or a spot in the library?

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

That caffeine reference was perhaps as much to the time zone, as nod to the city's famous café culture.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

We arrived at Orikum and sat down for a caffè freddo at a café overlooking the sea.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

Inside, the café was crowded and very noisy.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

"Honestly, my first reaction was: 'Not again'," said Airi Hiane, a 23-year-old cafe worker.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

The family of a 12-year-old girl who died after drinking a milkshake made in an unwashed blender at a cafe have called for a dedicated rating that scores food businesses on their allergy management.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The cafe will be open to non-ticketed guests, and is surrounded by a number of pieces of outdoor public art.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

The cafe will join the new building’s yet-to-be announced restaurant, which is already holding private events including a recent unveiling of an Ed Ruscha-designed poster for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s new film, “Digger.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

We went to my favorite restaurant, a little Japanese cafe that has a Maneki-neko statue.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

Empty spaces will be put back into use, Andy Burnham said, turning them into "community hubs, health centres, shared workspaces, cafés and the local services that people actually want to see."

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Chiang Mai has plenty of inviting cafés and coworking spaces to choose from.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

It’s set in Los Angeles but the cafés and shops are obviously not local and the worst, most dated stock L.A. traffic footage can’t cover that up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

And all over the capital, whose May temperature record of 94.6 degrees dates back 82 years, it is almost too hot to sit at outdoor cafés.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

“There are dozens of Afghan restaurants, cafés, and shops. You can drop by, get a cup of tea, and hear the latest news.”

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai


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