lunchtime
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Nate Oester and Anna Li, from Port Townsend, Wash., were browsing a stand selling dish towels and tableware in London’s Borough Market at lunchtime on a recent afternoon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The entrepreneur has a $3.8 million 55-foot Valhalla sport yacht powered by four 600-hp engines, which have turned the roughly 60-mile trip between Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Bimini in the Bahamas into a lunchtime jaunt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
At lunchtime, Burnham will gather his cabinet for the first time, after its appointment yesterday became something of a nocturnal affair.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Pulling lunchtime pints for suited-up workers in London, Cade Moyses did not feel optimistic about the change of guard.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
She wove all day, and when her daughter came out to tell her it was lunchtime, she wouldn’t stop.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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The report says up to five students would go to see Blackmore during breaks and lunchtimes at the school, and one pupil said the teacher saw them as friends, not students.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026
The education secretary wrote to heads to make it clear that all schools should be phone-free for the entire day, including breaktimes and lunchtimes.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
Counter to most of the men on the series, Snook’s husband, actor Dave Lawson, was able to take on parenting responsibilities, bringing their tot to set so they could play during lunchtimes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025
Currently government guidance says that: "All schools should prohibit the use of mobile phones throughout the school day – not only during lessons but break and lunchtimes as well".
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2024
Tired of walking in on Harry, Hermione, and Ron all over the school, Professor McGonagall had given them permission to use the empty Transfiguration classroom at lunchtimes.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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