dinner

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Pastor Ezra Jin was just finishing dinner with his elderly mother-in-law in the Chinese city of Beihai last October when more than a dozen police appeared at the door.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

This chili was born from a small personal challenge: spend less than $20 at the grocery store on a dinner that could stretch two nights for two people without anyone feeling remotely deprived.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

On top of that, Chloe would pick her brother up and cook dinner.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

I don’t have to think about what we’ll eat for dinner.

From Slate • May 16, 2026

Maybe they thought the apples would spoil the taste of their dinner.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff