bartender
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At closing time, the bartender doesn’t ask who ordered.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Riley has now recovered and is back working in a pub as a bartender.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
She dislikes brunch and instead prefers having lunch by herself at the bar of a restaurant, where she can chat with the bartender and eavesdrop on others’ conversations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Before that, he was a bartender newly arrived from Oklahoma that the drummer befriended.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
She applied to be a waitress, hostess, bartender, cashier, and then waited for job offers that never came, and for this she blamed herself.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Ice handling is considered an essential skill for Japanese bartenders, who often begin their training by learning to break it with precision.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Now, he added, he has “servers, bartenders and oyster shuckers in the kitchen washing dishes.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The crowds were a welcome boon for the bartenders, enlivening what is usually a lull at Joxer Daly’s, which is away from the beaches and beer gardens where customers gather in the summer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
DJs, bartenders, door people, lovers, ex-lovers, activists and friends formed networks that were not always formal but were often lifesaving.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Thanks to him, I learned veiy quickly dozens of little things that could really ingratiate a new waiter with the cooks and bartenders.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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