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[gest] / gɛst /


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For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, David, and guest host David Leonhardt discuss the viral story about the infighting over COVID-masking policy at a Massachusetts bar.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

You could describe that as the meaningless courtesies of routine statecraft, but it also suggested a high-flying hotel guest offering his compliments to the concierge: The eggs this morning were entirely delicious.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

One guest was a dog with 137,000 Instagram followers.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Herndon said the only response she received from the 49ers came from a Levi’s Stadium guest services account a week after her report, encouraging her to contact law enforcement agencies with the information.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

I gesture for Theo to wait in the guest parlor to the right, while I continue to my mother’s private study, the place where she would plan the week’s menus and write her correspondence.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Barrister Paul Greaney KC said the chain's security policies at the time of the attack at its Maidenhead hotel in December 2022 were "not fit for the purpose of keeping guests safe".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Other guests in this bloc included a professor who wrote a book about industrial musicals, the aforementioned “influencers group,” and all the attendees who’d just so happened to be named Bill.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

There will be about a dozen rooms to explore, says Shalhoub, each designed for guests to spend around five minutes in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

"Since X2 opened in 2008, it has welcomed more than 16 million guests and earned a passionate following among ride enthusiasts," he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

But on All Hallows’ Eve, the realms were unwelcome guests.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Gorsuch spoke at the presidential libraries of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan and guested on Firing Line, a PBS opinion show hosted by the conservative commentator Margaret Hoover.

From Slate ● Oct. 4, 2024

"Richard Belzer was one of the most kindest and welcoming actors when I guested on two episodes of Law and Order: SVU," tweeted Marlee Matlin.

From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2023

London has frequently collaborated with the artist now known as Ye, who produced and guested on 2014′s “Vibes.”

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 4, 2023

Atria’s other works on the program hit with a similar specificity, including the driving “Bootstrap Bernie”; and Soper guested with the group, too, lending crisply beaming vocals to the piece “En Tornasol.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2022

Sansa remembered Lord Yohn Royce, who had guested at Winterfell two years before.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

She reminded the men that the panel they were guesting on had nothing to do with foreign policy.

From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2025

Rudolph’s previous personal best for Emmy nominations in a year was three, for “Big Mouth” and guesting on “SNL” and NBC comedy “The Good Place.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2024

They also appeared regularly on television, making specials and guesting on various shows.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2024

“My day was always better for having passed through the Earwolf studios, whether it’s hosting or guesting, whatever.”

From The Verge ● Mar. 22, 2022

And since his own lord had exiled him and his story went before him, none would take him in, but after the three days’ guesting all sent him from their doors as an outlaw.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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