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Recent Examples of lunch counter
Nash and the others would soon put Lawson's lessons into practice, organizing lunch counter sit-ins in Nashville.
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Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 10 June 2024
In Jim Crow Tampa, Black patrons could shop at retailers like Woolworth but were barred from grabbing a bite at lunch counters.
—Kathryn Varn, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
Ela, specializing in thali-style street food, and Mango, a breakfast-lunch counter, will sit side by side on Hibiscus Street.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
There's also a lunch counter, which is open 11-2 Wednesday through Friday and 10-2 on Saturdays, helmed by local chef Miz Yalonda Ramsey.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2025
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Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 10 June 2024
In Jim Crow Tampa, Black patrons could shop at retailers like Woolworth but were barred from grabbing a bite at lunch counters.
—Kathryn Varn, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
Ela, specializing in thali-style street food, and Mango, a breakfast-lunch counter, will sit side by side on Hibiscus Street.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
There's also a lunch counter, which is open 11-2 Wednesday through Friday and 10-2 on Saturdays, helmed by local chef Miz Yalonda Ramsey.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunch counter
Noun
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The church paid more than $18,600 for mostly materials and supplies for the snack bar, walkways, backstops and benches. Donations of labor, snack bar siding, equipment rentals, plumbing services, interior lighting, chain link fencing and base plates for the fields totaled $33,650.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2025
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Light pours through a nearby window, drawing a rounded trapezoid across her face and the sign above her, indicating exit, elevator, and snack bar.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
Noun
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Steer clear of windows and avoid large open spaces like cafeterias, gymnasiums, or auditoriums.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
15 May 2025
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Dining establishments like sit-down restaurants, drive-thrus, gas stations and cafeterias are required to get food inspections, and governments have to release those inspections to the public.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
11 May 2025
Noun
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Though the Hamptons is certainly an upscale vacation destination, Glaser wants her restaurant’s mission to extend beyond the ritzy location.—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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Pamela Adlon returns as son Bobby, who now works in a fusion restaurant (a career inspired by weekends spent grilling with his dad).—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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First, this manager purposely walks the applicant down to the lunchroom to get a cup of whatever.—
Phil Blair,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Apr. 2025
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The new brick school included a lunchroom and kitchen, and the Mothers’ Club hired a woman to do the cooking.—
Richard Selcer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Lunch counter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunch%20counter. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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