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It is a frenzied, organized dance with missed steps and dropped plates and canned tuna and mayonnaise gussied up into a fancy tonnato sauce that tastes upscale and flawless to the unsuspecting.

From Salon • Jun. 28, 2026

Last year, the Providence, R.I., police chief credited Flock’s cameras with helping track down the Brown University shooting suspect, who had changed license plates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

“The servers are dropping plates or taking checks, or you’re at the Comedy Cellar following Chris Rock or Dave Chappelle is standing in the doorway waiting.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

Venezuela lies over the meeting point of two tectonic plates and the earthquakes were likely caused by the sudden release of friction between them.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

I was carrying a stack of soiled plates down the stairs when a little shriek below told me that Pickwick had arrived.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom