dinner

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Same with the table read for dozens of mostly-to-be-axed sketches — like a dinner at which everyone’s trying to get Grandpa to laugh.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

After leaving school, she collects her son from after-school club, and arrives home at roughly 18:00 to have dinner.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Prosecutors allege that Pildes spent $365,000 to renovate a lakefront property in New Jersey, $124,000 on a luxury Manhattan apartment, and nearly $3,000 on a birthday dinner at a Michelin-starred restaurant in Manhattan.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Instead, he siphoned the money into a personal slush fund, leased a Manhattan apartment, renovated a lakefront property and spent $3,000 on a birthday dinner at a Michelin-starred restaurant, according to the indictment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Later, at the dinner table onboard, Leah felt some raps too, “one end of the table would jump and nearly spill the water out of our glasses.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock