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tavern

[tav-ern] / ˈtæv ərn /


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Amongst the group of men outside the tavern is Zizipho Mtwesi, the project co-ordinator of Father A Nation.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

It’s a potent cocktail made of Coca-Cola and clear spirits that tavern co-owner Owen Walsh drummed up in honor of the unexpected guest that made landfall a few days ago: a charred spacecraft.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

The chapter on the Stamp Act starts in a tavern on the island of St. Kitts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

She said of tertulias, the literary debates that took over an evening in a home or tavern, “they certainly ate, but above all, they drank and debated passionately.”

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

No law that says I can’t go in a tavern like anybody else.’

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

Hospitality veteran Clemens Keller insists that Vienna's storied "heuriger" winemakers' taverns -- which face a hangover-inducing brew of real estate speculation, spiralling costs and climate change -- cannot rely on their illustrious past.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

"It's coming to a point now where we are going to lose some of our inns and taverns, never to be returned," he told the BBC.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

The printers, the bookshops, the guesthouses and taverns, they followed.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

His Uncle Frank telling jokes from behind the bar in one of these taverns first piqued Dreesen’s interest in comedy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

As the sun ran for the west, rowdy songs started up in the taverns and groggeries.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson


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