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Recent Examples of roadhouse The music that accompanies her is just as stick-to-the-ribs earthy, dipped in roadhouse soul, folkish hymns, barroom rock, and blues, without sounding like House of Blues nostalgia. Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025 Regular readers might remember The Mall at Wellington Green as a rodent roadhouse last fall. David J. Neal august 1, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025 Her music is a blend of roadhouse roots-rock, modern-day folk, alternative music, blues and analog Americana, according to her website. Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 6 July 2025 A little roadhouse shrine along an Atchafalaya Basin road. Colum McCann, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for roadhouse
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Noun
  • Known as the Harlem of the West, the Douglas Hotel was complete with the Creole Palace nightclub where Black performers in the 1930s and ’40s could perform during the years of segregation.
    Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The Musical, stepping into the role of Satine, the glittering nightclub star and tragic heroine made famous by Nicole Kidman on screen.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With panel discussions, local author presentations and a comedy cabaret featuring local comedian Miss Shannon Paul.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, the second half folds in the aesthetics of Vegas strip cabarets with eerie melodies from movie scores like Danny Elfman’s Nightmare Before Christmas.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Here are 37 new restaurants, bars and cafes that are now open in metro Phoenix.
    Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • It’s located on the first floor, near Sebastian’s Bistro, a cafe with an executive sous chef that is also open to the public and decorated with dangling flying ibises, the bird that inspired UM’s mascot.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Brighton paid second-tier Dutch club Breda less than £2million for the then 20-year-old in September 2020, with the potential for the fee to rise to nearly £3m with add-ons.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Busquets’ teammates would like to send the legend off with the club’s first MLS Cup trophy.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025

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“Roadhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roadhouse. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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