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breakfast

[brek-fuhst] / ˈbrɛk fəst /
NOUN
first meal of the day
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So he did, matching Garton stride for stride before losing his breakfast all over himself.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

The harvest of barley, oats and rapeseed, which are used in beer, breakfast cereals and vegetable oil, is estimated to drop to just 19.5 million tonnes, the worst since records began in 1984.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

The fire broke out on Sunday as passengers were eating breakfast, survivor Muhammad Abdul Karim told reporters in Surabaya after he disembarked from a rescue vessel.

From Barron's Aug. 3, 2026

Chipotle founder Steve Ells discusses the last great book he read, eating sandwiches every day and his lengthy breakfast routine.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

“I do,” I said, then finished my breakfast so I could get to school ahead of everyone else.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

If approved, the state would have a constitutional mandate to provide free lunches and breakfasts for all K-12 public school students.

From Salon Jul. 26, 2026

The visitor levy, which comes into effect on Friday, will see those staying overnight in hotels, bed and breakfasts and self-catering accommodation, charged an additional 5% on top of their original booking cost.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Neighbors hosted pancake breakfasts and spaghetti nights to raise money for lawyers.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

They are also looking for more package bargains, with more people searching specifically for all-inclusive deals and free breakfasts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

He imagined waking up every morning and hearing Coach O and his wife talking over their breakfasts.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

I was looking for lunch, having already breakfasted on a Paris-worthy croissant and coffee at Miam Patisserie down the street, but here I found Lado Sarai’s great weakness: no grazing, because there are few restaurants.

From New York Times Sep. 25, 2022

Hazzard said the baboons were “well and resting” after their foiled escape attempt and had breakfasted on bananas, capsicum, apple and bread.

From The Guardian Feb. 26, 2020

In the morning, congratulating myself on not having used the emergency phone, I breakfasted on cloudberry doughnuts and homemade dried reindeer.

From The New Yorker Apr. 22, 2019

Mitt Romney in 2012 famously declared in Mississippi that he'd just breakfasted on "a biscuit and some cheesy grits" — drawing groans from a crowd who knew he meant cheese grits.

From US News Feb. 19, 2016

When he woke up the sky above was dim, not lighter but darker than when they had breakfasted.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

A study published last week in “Communications Engineering” details a breakthrough in egg science that, if widely adopted, could alter the course of human breakfasting forever.

From Salon Feb. 11, 2025

Clients include breakfasting Qataris, construction and security guards off overnight shifts and, this week, tourists in soccer jerseys descending on the country, where foreigners, mostly migrant workers, form the bulk of the 3 million population.

From Reuters Nov. 24, 2022

In the future, you could be breakfasting on false banana or snacking on pandanus tree fruit.

From BBC May 21, 2022

Two majors after that, he won the 2018 PGA Championship in St. Louis after breakfasting on Sunday with a two-shot lead he treated without tremble.

From Washington Post May 18, 2019

Conclusion reached by the Annex while breakfasting at nine: this is a trial landing, like the one two years ago in Dieppe.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank




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