lunch counter
Example Sentences
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When he got in, he worked in his brother’s restaurants—a lunch counter, then a pizzeria—to pay his tuition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
As a youth, he organized a lunch counter sit-in to protest segregation in his hometown of Wichita, Kansas.
From Washington Times • Apr. 5, 2023
Kress & Company department store in Hattiesburg and sat down at the lunch counter together.
From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2022
Aviv Shawarma Bar: This South Lake Union lunch counter never got the foot traffic it needed to survive when Amazon workers started working remotely during the pandemic.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2022
So when I saw him move to a table on the other side of the lunch counter, I purposely found a table as far away from there as I could find.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
