Thesaurus results for SPORTS BAR

sports bar

noun

Definition of sports bar

as in nightclub

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Recent Examples of sports bar 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 Another location of Dallas Stars owner Tom Gaglardi’s Canadian sports bar is coming to North Texas this month. — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 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

His friends pushed him to be bold and climb onto the platforms at Badlands nightclub typically reserved for professional go-go dancers.

— Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
The lobby featured a multi-story atrium and a nightclub with dancers, a show and dinner.

— Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of nightclub

Noun

Head baker Lou Turner (formerly pastry chef at Obelix, a French bistro in the city’s River North) churns out superb pastries that invite obsession.

— The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026
For hard evidence of this, go to up-and-coming Micklegate Street, a cobbled thoroughfare lined with intimate eateries like cottagecore coffeehouse Partisan, tapas spot Sotano, and contemporary British bistros Skosh and The Rattle Owl.

— Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of bistro

Noun

While all of the women found their respective moment to shine, no one rose to the occasion quite like Luann de Lesseps, who seemingly decided on her own that Kyle’s white party would be the perfect backdrop for a cabaret performance like none other.

— Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
Tucked at the back of one barber shop is Screaming Alley, a cabaret production company supporting independent artists.

— Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of cabaret

Noun

Instead of rigid steel, track sections over the bridge’s expansion joints rest on 43-foot-long steel platforms supported by flexing seismic bearings.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026
Kirbee’s, a Texas barbecue joint from Goldee’s BBQ co-founder Jonny White and pitmaster Chuck Charnichart, is launching in Brooklyn, New York, serving brisket, ribs and Charnichart’s signature green spaghetti.

— Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of joint

Noun

The full receipts on this $499 investment are still forthcoming, so stay tuned for Allure's deep-dive review (with input from dental professionals) now that the CameraJet is out of the bag.

— Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026
While Monday’s deep-dive analysis focused exclusively on SuperBox, Plume warned that dozens of similar streaming devices pose precisely the same threat.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 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

Regan is accused of assaulting a fellow trooper at the ReelHouse brewpub in Marina Bay on June 26 in a one-sided fight that was shown in a video taken off the bar’s security camera.

— Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 24 Aug. 2026
Douglas County, Nevada, sheriff’s deputies said the charges stemmed from a verbal and physical altercation with a brewpub employee, the Daily Tribune reported at the time.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of brewpub

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