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a-go-go

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as in disco

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The film, one of the most popular of the 1970s, helped spread disco to the mainstream.

— Jack Denton, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2026
McIntosh components send soul, jazz, rock, funk, and disco through the room while the kitchen turns out chargrilled shrimp, lamb lollipops, sliders, and other small plates.

— Midwest Living, Midwest Living, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of disco

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The venue, the only art deco building in the historic district, has had many lives, among them as a discotheque in the ‘60s and a theater after that.

— Janet Kusterer, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2026
Gang bosses had enjoyed surreal luxuries inside — a zoo, a discotheque, a cockfight arena — while directing rackets that had spread across the hemisphere as Tren de Aragua took control of smuggling routes and victimized Venezuelan immigrants.

— Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 10 July 2026

Definition of discotheque

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Each show features two stand-ups performing on a small stage in the middle of the Playhouse on Park performance area, surrounded by cabaret-style tables and chairs.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2026
As a cabaret musician who entertains the troops, Penélope Cruz is a wickedly brassy marvel—vamping up a storm one minute, grumbling about her menstrual cycle the next, and eventually coaxing even Sebastián out of his mopey shell.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of cabaret

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Think a giant, twinkling dandelion field; technicolor hopscotch maze; fairy displays everywhere; and snazzy pathways that look straight out of a South Beach nightclub.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2026
Hall’s family settled in Chicago in 1942 after her father scored a steady job at the Rhumboogie Café, a nightclub on the South Side.

— Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of nightclub

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