sports bars

Definition of sports barsnext
plural of sports bar

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sports bars
Noun
  • Vaudeville gave way to Vegas and nightclubs, which gave way to television.
    Questlove, The Atlantic, 7 Nov. 2025
  • His legacy is alive and well in the nightclubs of Recife, the capital city, where couples dance to forró’s distinctive ringing of triangles and humming zabumba drum until the early hours.
    Carolina Abbott Galvão, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Technologically, the Gen 3 4NE1 features high-torque joints, a lifting capacity of up to 100 kilograms, and a patented artificial skin that detects proximity to prevent collisions.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Calf raises bulk up calf strength and flexibility, helping stabilize the ankle and knee joints.
    Gretchen Reynolds, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • For some businesses, Saturday is the most wonderful day of the year as thousands of Santas visit San Francisco watering holes for Santa Con.
    Andrea Nakano, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Many of the old watering holes — like Palmer’s Bar, which predates World War I — have struggled and closed amid changing demographics, shifting drinking habits and declining foot traffic.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 6 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • All that’s before the evening kicked in with live music, cabarets acts, and theatre shows.
    Jane Archer, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 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
  • Taste of Belguim has closed eight bistros since 2023, most recently its first-ever in Over-the-Rhine, which closed in September.
    Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Where to try Myanmar cuisine With Baan Trok Tua Ngork, four creative siblings have breathed new life into their great-grandparents' century-old home, transforming the four-story building into a community hub of bars, bistros, and pop-up markets.
    Chris Schalkx, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Dec. 2025
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“Sports bars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sports%20bars. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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