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Recent Examples of demitasseEspresso is intended to be savored in a demitasse cup, essentially a mini mug, and is a slow sipper.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 June 2026 In the morning, over demitasses and backgammon, buyers and sellers negotiated the day’s wholesale price as truckloads of worms waited outside.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025 The petite espresso demitasse might seem laughably small in a culture obsessed with oversized everything—from Big Gulps to Venti lattes.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
4 Jan. 2025 For those not enamored with the demitasse of First Four games, here’s a look at the entire first-round schedule.—
Austin Knoblauch,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2023 To say that Cruz’s comments caught the attention of baristas nationwide would be a demitasse of understatement.—Dallas News,
1 Sep. 2022
The Public Defender's Office said Govindbhai, without double-checking the plate numbers, walked to the driver's side door and struck the window with his baton four times, smashing the glass.
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Jose Fabian,
CBS News,
11 Aug. 2026
When the smoke cleared on October 4, 2024, Beloozerov’s body lay splayed out on the pavement amid shards of glass from his car window.
The Dundon family comprises the entire first two rows of names on the iconic chalice, even though Papa Dundon is the only one who holds a position within the organization.
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Chuck Schilken,
Los Angeles Times,
10 July 2026
O’Connor’s harrowing depictions of the effects of irresistible grace on the willfully self-damned aren’t everyone’s chalice of wine.
But their father’s teacup, which Shoichiro had mentioned in his testimony, was nowhere to be found.
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Cynthia Zarin,
Harpers Magazine,
4 Aug. 2026
Someone should know who verifies the image, who speaks for the company, who explains what happened, who fixes the process that failed, and who keeps the organization from turning a teacup storm into a bathtub flood.