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More athletes followed, getting very large tattoos that would otherwise have needed to be created across multiple sessions in a parlor, with bouts of healing in between—an arduous process that can take many weeks to complete.
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John Semley, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2025
In Gdańsk, archaeologists recently uncovered an elite knight's burial beneath a former ice cream parlor.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Some kids say firefighter, or the president, or the guy who gets to scoop all the ice cream at the ice cream parlor.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 19 Sep. 2025
Once inside, you’re greeted by a van that’s been transformed into a home base for secret agents investigating the area; a merchandise stand, a ticket booth that resembles old-school movie theater registers; and a pizza parlor.
—Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
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John Semley, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2025
In Gdańsk, archaeologists recently uncovered an elite knight's burial beneath a former ice cream parlor.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Some kids say firefighter, or the president, or the guy who gets to scoop all the ice cream at the ice cream parlor.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 19 Sep. 2025
Once inside, you’re greeted by a van that’s been transformed into a home base for secret agents investigating the area; a merchandise stand, a ticket booth that resembles old-school movie theater registers; and a pizza parlor.
—Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parlor
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For capybara lovers who may not be quite ready to own an exotic pet, the following are places to visit them in the commonwealth.—
Lillian Metzmeier,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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Determine family meeting places and make sure to include an out-of-town location in case of evacuation.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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In addition to retail sales, some of these items were distributed to schools and Department of Defense facilities, although the USDA noted that the school distribution was not part of the National School Lunch Program.—
Daniel Orton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Park roads, lookouts, trails and open-air memorials are directed to stay open; however, buildings and facilities that generally remain locked during business hours, such as visitor centers, will remain closed.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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The county performs about 14,000 inspections annually, with 97% of establishments passing, spokesman Ken Casparis previously told The Sacramento Bee.—
Sarah Linn,
Sacbee.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Some of the Administration’s actions, most notably the detention of the Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil, did garner a response from Democrats, but the noise came largely from the Party’s left—Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley—rather than from its establishment.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Parlor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parlor. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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