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: a usually uncovered stand of tiered planks providing seating for spectators
—usually used in plural
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His seventh-inning shot settled in the left-center bleachers and crushed the Brewers, who had finally chased him from the mound by getting two runners on in the top of the inning, only to go scoreless anyway when reliever Alex Vesia escaped the jam.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
The school debuted a new set of bleachers this fall down at the football field, which — aside from a grant of $25,000 through T-Mobile — came entirely through the community raising more than $325,000, as Evergreen’s Parent Teacher Student Association president, Cindy Mazeika, said.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2025
Today’s Seventh Region soccer championship games have been moved to Ballard High School following an incident with the bleachers during Thursday night’s semifinals at Waggener.
—Rich Barak, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Oct. 2025
By this point, there’s not a seat to be had in the Newbury Park bleachers.
—Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
The school debuted a new set of bleachers this fall down at the football field, which — aside from a grant of $25,000 through T-Mobile — came entirely through the community raising more than $325,000, as Evergreen’s Parent Teacher Student Association president, Cindy Mazeika, said.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2025
Today’s Seventh Region soccer championship games have been moved to Ballard High School following an incident with the bleachers during Thursday night’s semifinals at Waggener.
—Rich Barak, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Oct. 2025
By this point, there’s not a seat to be had in the Newbury Park bleachers.
—Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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bleacher
noun
bleach·er
ˈblē-chər 
: a usually open stand of benches arranged like steps for people to watch from (as at a game)
—usually used in plural
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