lunch break
noun
: the time when a person stops working or studying to have lunch
had to run errands during his lunch break
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Eventually, workers near the quarry reported hearing the barking again while on their lunch break, Burr wrote, and called Animal Control to retrieve the animal.
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Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 11 May 2024
An investigation revealed that one student assaulted another during lunch break and hit the victim in the head multiple times.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 10 May 2024
Even her lunch break was an interview — an hour with The New York Times on a hotel patio, where the sun drilled into her pores and her takeout box of sushi.
—Jessica Testa, New York Times, 8 May 2024
Defense attorney Todd Blanche, after court's lunch break, told Judge Juan Merchan that Daniels' testimony Tuesday morning was prejudicial.
—Brooke Singman, Fox News, 7 May 2024
A lot is made of David Duchovny’s character being method, but James Yoon is the one who chooses to stay on the torture rack through the lunch break and pushes himself to the point of vomiting.
—Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 May 2024
Shortly after the court came back from its lunch break, the prosecution called for an autopsy technician who worked on the autopsy of Waddell to testify.
—James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2024
The probable cause statement at first alleged that Gutierrez-Reed had loaded the .45 prior to taking a lunch break on Oct. 21, stored it, and retrieved it after lunch before handing it off, without performing the necessary safety checks, to the first assistant director, David Halls.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2024
Matthews then excused everyone for a lunch break, then begged the jury pool not to discuss the case with anyone.
—Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 23 Jan. 2024
Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 11 May 2024
An investigation revealed that one student assaulted another during lunch break and hit the victim in the head multiple times.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 10 May 2024
Even her lunch break was an interview — an hour with The New York Times on a hotel patio, where the sun drilled into her pores and her takeout box of sushi.
—Jessica Testa, New York Times, 8 May 2024
Defense attorney Todd Blanche, after court's lunch break, told Judge Juan Merchan that Daniels' testimony Tuesday morning was prejudicial.
—Brooke Singman, Fox News, 7 May 2024
A lot is made of David Duchovny’s character being method, but James Yoon is the one who chooses to stay on the torture rack through the lunch break and pushes himself to the point of vomiting.
—Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 May 2024
Shortly after the court came back from its lunch break, the prosecution called for an autopsy technician who worked on the autopsy of Waddell to testify.
—James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2024
The probable cause statement at first alleged that Gutierrez-Reed had loaded the .45 prior to taking a lunch break on Oct. 21, stored it, and retrieved it after lunch before handing it off, without performing the necessary safety checks, to the first assistant director, David Halls.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2024
Matthews then excused everyone for a lunch break, then begged the jury pool not to discuss the case with anyone.
—Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 23 Jan. 2024
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“Lunch break.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lunch%20break. Accessed 18 May. 2024.
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