dinner

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One night over dinner, I admitted to my husband that I felt stalled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

The state dinner in Washington DC had a very 1970s feel.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

“True, we’ve had misunderstandings. Though the ring knows when I’ve been walking, it confuses my harried morning routine for housework. After making a dinner one night, the ring asked whether I’d been on the elliptical.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Barr, speaking at a Brookings Institution dinner, called Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the central bank, “well qualified” and said he “knows the terrain.”

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

“And yet you made me go out to dinner on Saturday night.”

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison