waiter
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The waiter handed out menus rich with options, but as each guest ordered the man repeated, “nyet.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The only thing missing, really, was my nervous waiter in the bow tie.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
Alexander Garcia, a 44-year-old waiter, said he heard firefighters declare "Code 14," which he later found out meant that there were no survivors.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Don’t miss: ‘I’ll probably be working until I die’: I’m 60, work as a waiter and have $2,000 in a Roth IRA.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 20, 2026
A waiter came up as soon as I sat down.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
These include the people welcoming attendees into stadiums, VIP lounge chefs, waiters and the flagbearers during the opening ceremony.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
The waiters move slowly, the mirrors hold onto the past.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026
So when, at the first eat-in, at the Sands that February, the children defaulted to ordering hamburgers, Duncan barked to the waiters: “No, they do not want hamburgers. They want steak and lobster.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
"We have waiters, mechanics, managers, lawyers -- people who have been able to build different lives," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
The waiters clattered past us on their ringing heels.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
