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Recent Examples of speakeasy
Follow the green neon sign into the speakeasy-style Absinthe Bar, a combination museum and homage to Antibes’s bohemian artist past.
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Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026
Koe Wetzel brought together a mix of friends, industry VIPs, and journalists at a Nashville speakeasy late last month to preview The Night Champion, his sixth studio album and first since 2024’s 9 Lives transcended his career from cult Texas artist to mainstream country star.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2026
The fundraiser for the Compass Community Center, which serves Palm Beach County, will include dancing, live entertainment, immersive speakeasy-style performances, a silent auction, VIP Awards, cocktail reception, light bites and more.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 5 June 2026
Sneak into a speakeasy Date night calls for something a little more elevated.
—Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2026
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Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026
Koe Wetzel brought together a mix of friends, industry VIPs, and journalists at a Nashville speakeasy late last month to preview The Night Champion, his sixth studio album and first since 2024’s 9 Lives transcended his career from cult Texas artist to mainstream country star.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2026
The fundraiser for the Compass Community Center, which serves Palm Beach County, will include dancing, live entertainment, immersive speakeasy-style performances, a silent auction, VIP Awards, cocktail reception, light bites and more.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 5 June 2026
Sneak into a speakeasy Date night calls for something a little more elevated.
—Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speakeasy
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McNicholl also conceived of an upstairs lounge and jazz and cabaret club at the theater that is currently being constructed.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
9 June 2026
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In October 2025, Perry and Trudeau stepped out for the first time as a couple at a cabaret show hosted by Crazy Horse Paris to celebrate Perry's birthday.—
Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
9 June 2026
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Antonio and Maribel Espaillat, the owners of Jet Set nightclub, could face up to 2 years in prison if found guilty.—
Martín Adames,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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Sacramento County prosecutors on Monday pressed their theory that Payton and Martin were involved in a shootout with rival gang members on the downtown street corner rather than defending themselves from a spontaneous volley of gunfire as nightclubs closed April 3, 2022.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
15 June 2026
Noun
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The park’s visitor center, in a 1935 roadhouse that sat on Route 66, contains displays with Route 66 memorabilia (and a gift shop with hundreds of Route 66 items).—
Ginger Crichton,
Midwest Living,
12 Apr. 2026
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Michelob Ultra Roadhouse The roadhouse is on Simmons Banks Plaza, which surrounds Dickies Arena.—
Brayden Garcia
January 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Jan. 2026
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This French bistro isn’t known as a soccer bar.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
11 June 2026
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Residents packed a bistro off Biscayne Boulevard for a community meeting organized in part by Caitlin Dydzuhn, who was attacked May 19 outside her condo.—
Abby Dodge,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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At the airport, a group of cadets loitered by a lactation pod, and people at the terminal alehouse seemed to be having a genuinely good time.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2026
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Carrying news, satire and story into places where expensive books had seldom reached, they were sold for pennies, tacked to alehouse walls and sung aloud for the illiterate.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The ranch saloon sits across from the open yard—and around the corner and up a hill of long yellow grass is the outdoor rodeo arena, home to lively summer rodeos every week in the summer season.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 June 2026
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Fitzpatrick has pointed to the saloon’s string of viral controversies as a calling card in the crowded race.—
Noah Daly,
Idaho Statesman,
11 June 2026
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The restaurant adds culinary heft to a neighborhood often geared toward sports (the name is an Italian translation of a legendary Seattle Mariners sportscaster’s signature phrase) and shares its windowed space with two other new Sea Creatures projects, a brewpub and a slice bar.—
Allecia Vermillion,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
26 May 2026
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Winking Lizard This brewpub in the heart of the park offers better-than-average bar food and 150 different beers.—
Robert Annis,
Midwest Living,
16 May 2026
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With permission from the family, Mckiddie hosted the fundraiser where hundreds packed in and outside of the pub.—
Julia Avant,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
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Glasgow also has plenty of pubs and restaurant options, many of which have live music on some nights of the week.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
14 June 2026
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“Speakeasy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speakeasy. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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