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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 There’s ski-in/ski-out access, of course, but also a 10,000-square-foot spa, a bowling alley, and multiple dining venues. Charles Curkin, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025 In 1993, however, Iverson was accused of starting a fight at a bowling alley in Hampton. Andrew McGowan, Variety, 23 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 28 Nov. 2025.

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