repast
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The work accelerated during Ramadan, the holy month when Muslims traditionally conduct a dawn-to-dusk fast broken by what in normal times would be a sumptuous repast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
Not long afterward, another male red fox entered the scene of the crime; the purloined repast had been his.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
A prosecutor’s memo describes Caddle as “cold-hearted” and says he even attended the repast after Galdieri’s funeral.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
Brunch was known as "the latest 'fad'" and "a repast at 11 o'clock a.m."
From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2023
Then your grandmother invited us in for the repast but Miss Trotter said she wasn’t up to it and we went home.”
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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After this first meal, I like to maul the rest of the meat off the bones to fashion into all manner of repasts throughout the week.
From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2021
A pineapple upside-down cake and an evening with Mitch McConnell would both be sweet repasts, except for the evening with Mitch McConnell.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2021
At its peak maturity, this orange and at times red pepper isn't just about heat; it's about the unique flavor it lends to hot sauces, warm beverages, and savory repasts alike.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2021
As a journalist, he brought not only a good appetite to his work but also a lyrical and dynamic approach to his accounts of notable repasts.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 27, 2019
Hundreds of fires, sparkling in the depths of the gorges, announced that the Germans were preparing their repasts.
From The Invasion of France in 1814 by Chatrian, Alexandre
It can then be copied and repasted somewhere else in an instant.
From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2019
When these things are ready, the pasted cover should be examined and repasted if it has dried in any place.
From Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians by Rooke, Noel
So far as he could possibly detect, not one had been altered or repasted on the end.
From A Husband by Proxy by Steele, Jack
Shakespeare's language remains undisturbed in this version, but Papp's imaginative scissoring and repasting has sculptured a Hamlet of crystalline tensity.
From Time Magazine Archive
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So after repasting themselves, they made them ready for the journey with takeing repose that night.
From Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson by Radisson, Pierre Esprit
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