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Recent Examples of lunch counter
At Kitty’s Cafe in midtown Kansas City, with just two chairs at a small lunch counter, that wisdom holds true.
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Kansas City Star, 25 July 2025
Lewis participated in the first lunch counter sit-ins in the 1960s, was a Freedom Rider in Montgomery, Alabama, and was a speaker at the March on Washington in 1963.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
Lewis became an advocate while in college, organizing lunch counter sit-ins in Nashville.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 16 July 2025
Golden was reared on jazz and experimental theater by her parents, who ran a lunch counter in Brooklyn.
—Jeff Gage, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2025
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Kansas City Star, 25 July 2025
Lewis participated in the first lunch counter sit-ins in the 1960s, was a Freedom Rider in Montgomery, Alabama, and was a speaker at the March on Washington in 1963.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
Lewis became an advocate while in college, organizing lunch counter sit-ins in Nashville.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 16 July 2025
Golden was reared on jazz and experimental theater by her parents, who ran a lunch counter in Brooklyn.
—Jeff Gage, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunch counter
Noun
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The deeply personal ventures from an intimate snack bar with a well-deserved wait list to the 118-seat hotel anchor that caters to the needs of guests while nodding to the communities that call Houston home.—
Jamila Robinson,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
16 Sep. 2025
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To the west, Blue Shutters Town Beach, overlooking Block Island Sound, has a more traditional setup, with lifeguards, showers, and a seasonal snack bar—a favorite among families.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That’d be like me big-lip chomping on some bananas in the cafeteria.—
David Wright Faladé,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
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Free breakfast and lunch for everyone wasn't always the way in school cafeterias, but families became used to the benefit during the pandemic, when federal rules temporarily changed in the face of an unprecedented crisis.—
Lily Altavena,
Freep.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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The tournament will provide a major boost in tourism for the host cities, from a soar in hotel and restaurant bookings and transportation fees, alongside opening up additional jobs.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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The restaurants that filed for Chapter 7 — Campbell, Morgan Hill and Santa Clara — appear to have shuttered.—
Linda Zavoral,
Mercury News,
23 Sep. 2025
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Speaking on condition of anonymity, the worker described the mounting panic as agents surrounded the building and gathered up to 70 workers – many from Guatemala and Nicaragua – into the lunchroom, where the entire workforce was questioned.—
Hanna Park,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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More than any world leader, Abe perfected the art of winning Trump’s favor with flattery, lavish gifts, sitting with him in the Group of Seven lunchroom when others wouldn’t and nominating him for a Nobel Peace Prize.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Lunch counter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunch%20counter. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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