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Recent Examples of saloon The Desert Bar, an off-the-grid saloon near Parker, Arizona, opens for its seasonal run in October. Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025 An 1856 drawing of a popular San Francisco saloon known as the Cobweb Palace depicts a crowd of humans joined by two dogs, a pig, a parrot, and six monkeys—at least two of whom seem to be doing mischievous battle with men in the crowd. Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 21 Sep. 2025 Main Street, running from the riverfront to Seventh Street, was lined with restaurants, saloons, offices, and shops. Sarah Biegelsen, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025 This classic, family friendly dude ranch is a place to soak in a final Wild West experience, complete with horseback lessons and rides, with a bit of roping, fly fishing, skeet shootin’, archery and saloon stomping thrown in as well. Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for saloon
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Noun
  • At every small-town tavern and barbershop.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Your Office replaced My Office tavern, which operated for decades before closing in 2020.
    Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Other changes include expansions of popular venues, like Love by Britto and the Irish pub O’Malley’s.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Ironically, within two days, one of the stormtroopers would go down to the pub during lunchtime, and there’d be tabloid people offering five or 10 pounds for any news.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For a more glamorous view, try the deck outside Cappuccino Palau March, a cafe across the street from the Palau Reial de l’Almudaina, a historic palace of the Spanish royal family (admission, €7).
    Emilio Parra Doiztua, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Two other local cafes — Barns and The Coffee Address — have started talks with banks about potential share sales, while luxury retailer and restaurant chain Bateel is in discussions with advisers after already hiring Morgan Stanley, people familiar said.
    Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The pastel buildings stacked up those hills, fado music spilling out of tiny bars at night, people who actually seem happy to help when you’re lost, were my beautiful introduction.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Why do some chocolate bars exhibit complex flavor notes like floral, caramel, and gentle woody, while others taste harsh, bitter, and astringent?
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • His 2024 album is titled Kansas Anymore, and New York was also once home to the legendary Max's Kansas City nightclub.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The other, dubbed the Entertainment District Unit, places more police in uptown during peak nightlife hours when most crimes are likely to occur at or near bars and nightclubs.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Saloon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saloon. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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