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sports bar

noun

Definition of sports bar

as in nightclub

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Recent Examples of sports bar The first happened inside The Rabbit Hole sports bar off North Washington and Fifth avenues in the North Loop. — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 As a sports bar concept, there’s nothing that matters more than having any game, any time, for customers walking into the establishment. — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026 In the fall of 1995, three decades after the March on Washington, the sports bar and restaurant chain Hooters staged a march of its own. — Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 Trophy Club, the once-exclusive bar attached to the downtown indoor mini-golf and sports bar Tipsy Putt, is undergoing a transformation. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for sports bar

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Noun

Scott first opened Green Lady Lounge in 2013, replacing nightclub Balanca’s.

— Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026
An impersonator may have tricked a Las Vegas nightclub last year, but those at the park Tuesday appeared convinced of their brush with Bieber.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 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

The 50-seat bistro will open in October with à la carte dinner service, featuring dishes like Great Lakes perch with gribiche, pike quenelle ravioli with Nantua sauce, and cornbread served with pimento cheese and chicken liver parfait.

— Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Sep. 2026
Many of Milan’s classic bistros have closed, taking with them the quaint charm and traditional dishes that defined them.

— Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of bistro

Noun

The inaugural event brings together ballroom, film, drag, cabaret, wellness activities, panel discussions, visual and performing arts and nightlife under one umbrella.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
Upstairs in the Maison Michel workshop, which caters to clients ranging from fashion houses to the Lido cabaret and film productions, the hats are literally baked in a large oven.

— Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of cabaret

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Masks target the face, flexible panels cover larger areas like the back and chest, and belts and wraps flex around joints for stiffness and muscle pain.

— Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2026
For years, Mullen was all too aware of a problem with his neck, a congenital fusion in a facet joint.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of joint

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

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
Foothills Brewing is downtown’s largest and oldest brewpub and offers a full menu of pub grub.

— Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2026

Definition of brewpub

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