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Recent Examples of salverAnd maybe a butler is approaching with biscuits on a salver.—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 16 May 2024 According to a history of these tables published in Traditional Home magazine in March 2008, that decorative flourish started in the early 1700s in England as the edging on a silver salver — a tray on which tea could be brought out and set down on a tea table.—Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2021 The plow, in short, has been cleaned, polished and turned on its side as a salver to serve adorable canapes in a posh lounge that once was a barn.—Mike Dunne, sacbee, 28 Feb. 2018 A few minutes later, the valet came back with the same salver holding one cigarette.—Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 16 Feb. 2018 Virginia Wade’s Wimbledon champion’s plate — or salver, as any proper Englishwoman would call it — is packed in a box, awaiting her imminent move from the Upper East Side of Manhattan to a new apartment near Manhasset, on Long Island.—Cindy Shmerler, New York Times, 13 July 2017
In the bottom of the sixth inning, Smith banged his wrist while tagging out Ian Happ at a play at the plate.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
Both casual bites and white-tablecloth plates are designed with the wine list in mind, and nowhere is that more evident than the chateau’s signature dining destinations.
Gradually add 1/4 cup of the sugar, beating until stiff peaks form (tips stand straight).
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Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 May 2025
Here's how to use and apply an ammonia and baking soda solution to remove tub rings:
Combine half a bucket of water with 1/4 cup of ammonia and 1/4 cup of baking soda.
Well, there’s no such tray on any iPhone 16 phone released for the U.S. market, but the absence on the 17 Air was also taken to mean that the phone was just too thin for such a tray.
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David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
All five teachers involved eventually resigned or were terminated from the school, said police, including two who witnessed the incident and failed to report it and the teacher who handed the boy a tray that day.
Stir together coriander, cumin, chili powder, and 1/2 teaspoon of the salt in a large bowl.
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Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
29 Apr. 2025
Many of the exhibition’s objects (particularly the tea bowls) date back to before the 16th century and were originally from China, Korea and locales in South Asia and Southeast Asia.
The choices for mains include seafood orzo, flavorful grills and shareable meat and seafood platters, all enjoyed alongside premium wines and prosecco.
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Natasha Amar,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
The circular plinth appears to float above a speaker base that hosts controls, and is made from a translucent material (perhaps acrylic) that allows the lighting within to dance to the sounds coming from the vinyl spinning on the equally visual platter.
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