talk shop
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Three times a year, several hundred of the techies who keep North America’s internet running gather to talk shop.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Even former longtime Supervisor Aaron Peskin, an old-school liberal who lost to Lurie in last year’s mayoral race, said he accepted a recent invitation from Lurie to take a walk and talk shop.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025
This is where researchers, Parliamentary staff and the occasional MP come to talk shop and catch up with gossip.
From BBC • Jan. 24, 2025
They’re a rare opportunity to meet other wordsmiths and talk shop, whether sharing plot devices or navigating the opaque publishing world.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2024
She hated to be robbed of her enthusiasm for an artistic bric-�-brac of emotion; and here he was, like some sordid mechanic who would not talk shop with a girl.
From The Missourian by Lyle, Eugene P. (Eugene Percy)
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