across the counter
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Where other chefs might bark flat instructions or wave a knife in frustration, her words felt like a hand on your shoulder, a wink across the counter.
From Salon • Sep. 4, 2025
Next in line, we approached her with our scores and as she draped them across the counter, she looked at me and said, “You two are really sweet.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2023
“Well he hasn’t done anything for us,” said 25-year-old Mortada Miryal, leaning across the counter of his perfume stall to take a glimpse of the street view outside.
From Washington Post • Jun. 21, 2022
“That’s a lot of people to do research on and figure out,” said Morgan Johnson, 25, as her black cat, Edgar, prowled across the counter of her plant shop in Juneau.
From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2022
“You’re not going to remember our conversation, are you?” she said, pushing another twenty across the counter to him.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
