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dinner

[din-er] / ˈdɪn ər /


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Guilfoyle’s lawyer previously told the Journal that “the claim that an American Dream dinner was an ‘investment pitch’” was false.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

They wake up at 2 p.m. local time—which is morning back home—eat afternoon omelets and have dinner well after midnight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

In the ’80s — before a text message counted as a greeting — he shared meals and dinner conversation with our family.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Speaking at a Fianna Fáil dinner on Saturday, Martin said that "absolutely nobody benefits from the reopening of the dispute over the parade on the Garvaghy Road".

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Mom had first told me about our summer guest one night while I cleared the dinner table.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Ekerdt described a woman he interviewed who had once hosted family dinners for 12 or 15 and kept enough dishes to serve everyone.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

At dinners and happy hours every month, they discuss the latest and scariest AI risks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

“My girlfriend’s vegetarian. So, I’ve been in Boston these past few weeks and she’s been working, so I’ve been doing a lot of the dinners, and they haven’t been great.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

It is a group of news organisations that combine resources to follow presidents wherever they are - in the Oval Office, at state dinners, on Air Force One or on holiday.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

The scenes from back home—the campfire sing-alongs, dinners at the pavilion, volleyball games outside the Big House—just seemed to make his friends sad.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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