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sports bar

noun

Definition of sports bar

as in nightclub

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Recent Examples of sports bar But the former sports bar will now pilot programs and, eventually, host its Institute Residential Fellowship programs. — John Wenzel, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2026 The décor surpassed that of a typical sports bar, dingy novelty signs replaced by a mural of Katie Ledecky, Simone Biles, Serena Williams, and Allyson Felix. — Jane Bua, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026 There are four specialized bars on the festival grounds that included speciality drinks and themes such as a sports bar and a chill cantina. — Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026 The result is a restaurant that joins the Buffalo Bros sports bar and standby Babe’s Chicken Dinner House as Old Town anchors. — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sports bar

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Noun

Making a brief trip to his native Gotham before production of his next movie begins, Matt makes the mistake of succumbing to the advances of a gorgeous young woman on the dance floor of a nightclub.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
Cesar Contreras remembers many nights waiting in line to get into Club Europe, a nightclub that opened in the aftermath of Atlanta playing host to the Centennial Olympics Games.

— Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of nightclub

Noun

The newest restaurant in Plaza Midwood’s growing dining scene is set to open next week, bringing bruschetta, a bottle club and shareable plates.

— Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026
The restaurant was established in 2003 as a Grand Mariner bottle club, which has now grown to a community of 3,500 members.

— JT Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026

Definition of bottle club

Noun

While the world’s grand dining rooms served Champagne and Bordeaux in elegant crystal stemware, corner bistros and local trattorias poured even their best wines into clunky glass goblets.

— Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
According to city records first reported by the Santa Monica Daily Press, the Victorian will be converted into a members club including a pool, spa, fitness center and coffee bistro.

— Ella Chakarian, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of bistro

Noun

Penélope Cruz arrives for a few scenes as a wartime cabaret singer — her performance for a group of cheering soldiers is a burst of bawdy energy.

— Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Brand, then a rising stand-up comedian, was performing in a cabaret on the fringe of the conference in the English coastal town of Bournemouth.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of cabaret

Noun

The Italians have their evening passeggiata, and Spaniards practice the splendid art of the tapear, hopping from tapas joint to tapas joint in search of satisfaction and tipsiness.

— Gary Shteyngart, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2026
Below the knee, his right leg seems to have acquired an extra joint.

— George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of joint

Noun

On a drizzly morning in March 2025, a bright blue dive boat motored through Halifax Harbor in Nova Scotia toward the Tufts Cove generating station.

— Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Released in late 2024, the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Chronographe Flyback is an elegant dive watch, water-resistant to 30 bar.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of dive

Noun

Texas native blends roadhouse rock, bluesy R&B and country-friend funky-tonk.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026
Hackney on Harms is actually the original Hackney’s, a tavern and roadhouse that opened after the end of Prohibition in the 1930s.

— Jennifer Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of roadhouse

Noun

Another brewpub wouldn’t open until the 1990s, with Micky Finns in Libertyville, Dretske said.

— Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Tamara Wallace’s legal woes came to a head on the same day her successor, Cody Bass, was ordered to spend 10 days in a Douglas County, Nevada, jail for a harassment conviction stemming from an altercation at a brewpub.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of brewpub

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