bowling alley

noun

: a room or building in which people play the game of bowling

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Firmly off the tourist track, few travelers come across Aiea Bowl, or, understandably, feel the desire to step into a bowling alley on their trips. Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025 The construction is well within historical precedent, which has included major demolition and reconstruction, from the installation of a swimming pool by Franklin Delano Roosevelt and a bowling alley by Richard Nixon to the creation of the Oval Office itself by William Howard Taft. Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025 In 1993, however, Iverson was accused of starting a fight at a bowling alley in Hampton. Andrew McGowan, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025 The risk of the roof collapsing prompted the city to take final action against the owner of the former bowling alley. Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bowling alley

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“Bowling alley.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowling%20alley. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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