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discotheque

[dis-kuh-tek, dis-kuh-tek] / ˈdɪs kəˌtɛk, ˌdɪs kəˈtɛk /




discothèque


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But the discotheque where he used to dance through the night in his 20s was gone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2026

“Most of these drinks were served in clubs and discotheques… they were brightly colored. If you’re at a discotheque, you don’t want a glass of brown liquor.”

From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2025

The story went that he liked the discotheque much more than the training ground, and the affair with Bonaccorso and his car crash were symptoms of a deeper malaise.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2023

Moments such as The Beatles dancing to their own music in a discotheque and Lennon playing with toy boats while taking a bubble bath mix with plenty of snappy dialogue.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 18, 2022

We called the library a discotheque, which was a joke of ours.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

Staging the production in what amounts to a discothèque further complicates the point of view.

From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2023

Behind an unmarked door at Wenwen, a homey Taiwanese restaurant in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, a discothèque awaits: Speakers pump out pop songs in Mandarin, Cantonese and Taiwanese.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2022

That was Mike O’Harro, whose freewheeling parties — and, later, Tramps discothèque — made him the godfather of the D.C. singles scene.

From Washington Post ● May 26, 2020

Still in disguise, he turned up at a local discothèque, but was refused entry.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 28, 2020

A few weeks later, in the Jura, Armand’s friends and I sped through a field on bicycles to a discothèque, and danced till early in the morning.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 18, 2019

“Most of these drinks were served in clubs and discotheques… they were brightly colored. If you’re at a discotheque, you don’t want a glass of brown liquor.”

From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2025

Under one proposal, vaccinated individuals would additionally need to show a negative test to enter places like bars, restaurants and discotheques where masks cannot be worn.

From Reuters ● Dec. 10, 2021

Bars again have to close at midnight, while discotheques and clubs were shuttered again until at least Aug. 13.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2021

The scene from the film Saturday Night Fever is now 44 years-old but it remains a crucial moment in the history of night clubs and discotheques.

From BBC ● May 5, 2021

As he tweeted, "Unable to do anything else today, I did this. One hour of Bowie songs I've played in discotheques over the years."

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2016




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