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breakfast

[brek-fuhst] / ˈbrɛk fəst /
NOUN
first meal of the day
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What time is breakfast and what do you eat?

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 21, 2026

If you’ve ever read anything by biographer Robert Caro, you get the feeling that he could wring 100 pages out of what he had for breakfast.

From Salon Sep. 18, 2026

Instead, Luke loads up on protein — including nearly a carton of eggs to himself every morning for breakfast.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

Under new school food standards, fibre and wholegrains will also be increased, and breakfast clubs will have to follow nutrition rules for the first time, with schools also being monitored.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

I sighed as I dug into my own breakfast.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

In Magaluf, a beach town popular among Brits, restaurants serve full English breakfasts and yorkshire pudding.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

People may still be waiting for a result while tucking into their breakfasts, rather than waking up to find out who has won.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

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

Customers ordered full English breakfasts and Guinnesses and sang national anthems.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 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

And yet, like many New Yorkers, I’ve breakfasted all my life on buttered rolls, wrapped in plastic, foil or wax paper and sold for about a dollar at any corner deli, bodega or coffee cart.

From New York Times Aug. 1, 2017

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

The well-heeled passengers breakfasted on smoked salmon and pastries, then boarded an air-conditioned Cuban government bus for a day of touring the city.

From Washington Times Aug. 7, 2015

One day in May, Rigault breakfasted on Chateaubriand aux truffes; a few days later, the fare included bottles of Pommard, Veuve Clicquot, and Nuits-Saint-Georges.

From The New Yorker Dec. 15, 2014

Though it was not fully light, Sander and I dressed, breakfasted, and set out for the Globe.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

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

Bonus: This quirk makes stollen the ideal make-ahead treat for all your holiday gifting, breakfasting, and last-minute company needs.

From Salon Dec. 24, 2021

Wipe with vinegar: Prep the kitchen and pantry for early breakfasting and quick lunch packing.

From Washington Post Aug. 9, 2021

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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