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Story where the tableful of movers & shakers order their coffee.
From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2016
When faced with a tableful of her students’ latest works, she once flatly announced, “They are all terrible.”
From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2012
Randall stops picking through a tableful of sunglasses.
From BusinessWeek • Dec. 2, 2010
All week winners of sectional contests had crooned, bleated and harmonized before a tableful of solemn judges.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Lauren K’s backyard has a tableful of food.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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