arcade
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In another lawsuit, he claimed an arcade rigged its claw machines against players, alleging it functioned as “a casino for children.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Stepping into the arcade, he winced as he accidentally bumped into someone.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
Aesthetes had been howling about the Freedom 250 set, a soaring, 92-foot tall structure which resembled one of those arcade machine claws in which you try and fail to grab a stuffed hippopotamus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Beyond the arcade, visitors can enjoy mini golf, karaoke, themed events and monthly performances like Queer Circus.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
So, we all head up to Cape Bowl, where there is an arcade, a bowling alley, and a snack bar.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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Meanwhile, the shopping mall evolved from a place to buy things into a destination for all kinds of family entertainment, often boasting large food courts, multiplex theaters, indoor playgrounds, video arcades and more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026
Some 80 percent of the 22,000 arcades Japan had in 1989 have shut down, but revenues have held up thanks to claw machines, according to the Japan Amusement Industry Association.
From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025
She puts the reason down to the seaside needing to be "brought into this day and age" including "different things in arcades so people are entertained more".
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2025
Not churches, not schools — Chuck E. Cheese-style pizza arcades, where the air smells like old fryer oil and fresh anticipation, and an animatronic animal band plays on, unfazed by the passing decades.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2025
The wind whipped down the open walkway, through various sideshows, fun houses, and arcades, all grated over and shut down for the night.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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The chapel was very small with a domed, red-tiled roof and round arcaded windows.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2014
From arcaded passageways, the museums open onto a domed chapel and a peaceful courtyard with the new Charité Café and a general bookstore.
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2013
History and Coffee During the Roman era, some 20,000 spectators would fill the stone seats of the arcaded amphitheater in what is now Piazza Sant’Oronzo.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2013
There are two streets which are arcaded, where activities are limited, eg preventing the playing of radios or busking.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 17, 2012
It has been thought probable, however, that the Cross was raised to its dignified altitude by the addition of the arcaded platform in the time of James III.
From Bygone Church Life in Scotland by Various
This arcading is almost entirely new; what there was of it until recently was principally of plaster.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by Clifton, A. B.
Above the side portals, the surface of which was decorated with arcading, were gables lighted by rose-windows.
From Ypres and the Battles of Ypres by Unknown
These sills are panelled with a foliated arcading, and in front of the passage there is an open trefoil work parapet.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by Clifton, A. B.
It may be mentioned here that underneath these last windows, on the outside, there is an arcading with simple pointed arches which does not appear on the other transept.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by Clifton, A. B.
Below is a very beautiful arcading, similar, indeed, to that in the vestibule, which entirely surrounds the building.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by Clifton, A. B.
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