dinner

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WASHINGTON—Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was taken to a hospital and given fluids for dehydration last month after attending a dinner in his honor in Philadelphia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

I walked unfamiliar streets with music carrying me on its wings, ate dinner at 10 p.m. and remembered who I was when no one needed me to be anything in particular.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The four friends aren’t just having a dinner party; they’re finalizing the catering menu for Charlie and Emma’s nuptials.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

We piled into the Jeep, which he had just purchased, to get to dinner one night.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Then after dinner she sent us down to the garden to pick a big bunch of glads.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck