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Two years later, he mentions that he has lunched at San Lorenzo in Knightsbridge with the “flame-haired” Rebekah Brooks, then the editor of the Sun and now the woman who runs Rupert Murdoch’s British operation.

From The Guardian • Nov. 1, 2020

Stephen Colbert, with whom Mr. Cavett has lunched at the Yale Club, is perhaps most adept, Mr. Cavett said, at puncturing the celebrity bubble, “most deliciously when the guest doesn’t realize he’s puncturing it.”

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2018

He has lunched with Jackie Kennedy, played tennis with Katherine Graham and had the will to say no to Lyndon Johnson when the president was seeking help to get a book deal.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2013

It has been arranged that we will talk after the company has lunched together.

From The Guardian • Aug. 10, 2012

Mr. Oscar Mitchell, attorney and counselor at law, sauntered down River Street, with the cheerful and optimistic poise of one who has lunched well.

From Copper Streak Trail by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove