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The dinner was mostly like any family mealtime — in fact, Bass and the Lechugas have patronized the spot for over 20 years and ate there two weeks earlier.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2022

Government officials from Maine to Saudi Arabia have patronized the 263-room luxury property.

From New York Times • May 14, 2020

Others have patronized him as a popular author of sensational novels.

From Time Magazine Archive

Under the fascinating title of The Nebblepredders it is reasonable to suppose that the incurably curious, a considerable group, would have patronized pasteboard peddlers..

From Time Magazine Archive

And it is probable that she ate up, literally, the margin she had under Gertrude Morse's rule, in somewhat better restaurants than she need have patronized.

From The Real Adventure by Crosby, Raymond Moreau