bouncer
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Ogilvie recalled that the bouncer just said, “Not today. We’re not serving you today.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Andy Pages chopped a slow bouncer up the middle, and Turner charged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
“The Scottish men I ran into in Boston were SO respectful and nice that it actually made me remember what it’s like to not have to be my own bouncer in public,” read one.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
Brook, 27, was involved in a nightclub controversy of his own when he was punched by a bouncer in Wellington in October, the night before leading England in a one-day international against New Zealand.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Once inside, I look back and see the bouncer holding Gary by the shoulders, and Gary grimacing while staring at his hand.
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
This would allow the bouncers to be seen on camera checking an ID even while letting people slip past anyway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
"Then you have to prop it up with junior artistes, which is an additional expenditure besides catering, electricity, vanity vans and bouncers."
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
Smith became visibly angry when describing a billboard in the county promoting ICE as “the bouncers of America.”
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
Jamie Smith was batting nicely for his 26, resisting the bouncers of Marnus Labuschagne that seduced his awful shot in the first innings.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026
Music drifts from in the gym, and the bouncers pat people down and wave metal detector wands around.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
