stalemate
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Our tablemates had purchased a litany of fried options, including scotch eggs from the Quail Inn, which also serves bacon-wrapped jalapeño peppers, cheese fritters and “whole, partially deboned quail.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Some grumbled about the last minute seating assignments for high-profile attendees who weren’t told who their tablemates would be until late Saturday afternoon.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2024
Conversation can mean leaning in to hear tablemates.
From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2021
An attendee later told the F.B.I. that Boback laughed about how he had got away with the story, while one of his tablemates plugged his ears and said that he didn’t want to hear it.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 28, 2019
That someone was Vivian Spears, Maya-Jade’s grandmother and one of my tablemates.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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