bouncer
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DiMario Thomas Sr., a bar bouncer who witnessed Glenn’s death, said Proctor practically begged him to back his version of events after the shooting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
His bouncer to dismiss Babar Azam on day four was a throwback of Archer's fearsome debut on the same ground.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
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
When the bouncer lets him through, he climbs up the blinking stairs.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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
He then arrived at The Hobbit pub in Southampton and was checked for ID by the bouncers at the entrance.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 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
I turned to face the bouncers, 400-odd pounds of meat and muscle.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
