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
He showed the students how to run an orderly sit-in by filling lunch counter seats in shifts.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2024
French food isn’t about to be knocked from its perch: The No. 1 lunch counter is still the local bakery.
From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2023
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
After buying a few items at the five-and-dime store—a comb, toothpaste, notepaper—the four young black men would head for the lunch counter at the rear of the store, sit down, and order coffee.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
