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She was born the same day 45 years after McNeil and three A&T classmates sparked the Civil Rights Movement with their lunch counter protest at an F.W. Woolworth in downtown Greensboro.
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Charlotte Observer, 12 Sep. 2025
In the daytime, the cocktail bar is filled with light from floor-to-ceiling windows commanding a view of 5th Avenue and the historic Woolworth building, where, as a student, John Lewis led lunch counter sit-ins.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Johnson’s programs, by contrast, were meant to desegregate not just schools and lunch counters but government assistance itself.
—Idrees Kahloon, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Soon after, Lane formed a biracial committee led by Fowler and Lowry to negotiate integration at retail lunch counters.
—Kathryn Varn, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
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Charlotte Observer, 12 Sep. 2025
In the daytime, the cocktail bar is filled with light from floor-to-ceiling windows commanding a view of 5th Avenue and the historic Woolworth building, where, as a student, John Lewis led lunch counter sit-ins.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Johnson’s programs, by contrast, were meant to desegregate not just schools and lunch counters but government assistance itself.
—Idrees Kahloon, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Soon after, Lane formed a biracial committee led by Fowler and Lowry to negotiate integration at retail lunch counters.
—Kathryn Varn, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunch counter
Noun
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For more casual dining, visit the Chiringuitos snack bar, breakfast at Arbolea, or try the Cafetal café.—
Robb Report Studio,
Robb Report,
5 Nov. 2025
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All guests also get free breakfast in the morning, as well as access to a complimentary snack bar.—
Cat Sposato,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Redding was then found inside the school cafeteria and was allegedly carrying a gun in his backpack, Sheriff Mina added.—
Nicole Acosta,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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This dish not only takes me back to eating lunch with friends at my college cafeteria but was also a weekly side dish at my mom's dinner table.—
Nellah Bailey McGough,
Southern Living,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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On Veterans Day, many restaurants and businesses offer free meals and deals to active-duty military and veterans.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
11 Nov. 2025
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In February 2020, the restaurant and market shut down its original location in Dilworth due to financial strains, along with cocktail space The Queen & Glass, Charlotte Business Journal reported.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Nov. 2025
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Beyond employment, Wilson Administration officials re-segregated bathrooms, lunchrooms, and workspaces in federal buildings that had been integrated since the end of the Civil War.—
Time,
Time,
14 Oct. 2025
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With an exception here and there, most of these guys started gambling as teens, playing lunchroom hold-em and NFL parlays for a buck or two a throw.—
Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Lunch counter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunch%20counter. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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