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café

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


cafe


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He confesses to catching one game—a victory for Spain—in a ramshackle café in a Galician village.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 2026

He said he was in a café when the earthquake struck and he remembers everything shaking.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

Thankfully, Baba’s sells its packaged toum in the café.

From Salon Jun. 11, 2026

When visitors reach the hilltop, they will find an upgraded Welcome Hall designed by local firm WHY Architecture, with new features including a large information screen and an expanded bookstore with its own café.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

He places his bowler hat on his head and takes Isobel’s arm as they leave the warmth of the café, stepping out once again into the rain.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

On Friday morning, the cafe and tonic bar in the Manhattan Beach Erewhon was bustling with customers ordering smoothies, coffees and breakfast.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2026

The cafe, which started as a pop-up in 2012, now has two locations in the Austrian capital, where omas and opas bake the strudel, Linzer torte and other goodies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

"Northerners are so friendly," Sufia tells me over matcha in a cafe near her apartment in Ancoats.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

William Blyth has done exactly that, with a garden centre and cafe on site.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

The cafe waiter and all the railroad workers spoke Spanish.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson

“The hype started in Japan. In Japan there are even cafés where you have contact with capybaras. And the internet helped, and the public is always curious. They want to know about the species.”

From Slate May 27, 2026

“Walking through the historic streets and discovering small cafés and boutiques gives you a true sense of the city,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

The proposals include an aquarium, 15 commercial units across the ground and lower-ground floors, cafés, bars, shops, workspaces, spaces for leisure and events, and around 140 residential apartments on the upper floors.

From BBC Mar. 19, 2026

In Kyiv, there are traffic jams, well-stocked shops, restaurants and cafés.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2026

They passed no one who appeared to be a Mexican-American until they had left the business district of still-closed offices, stores, and cafés.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty




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