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tavern

[tav-ern] / ˈtæv ərn /


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At a nearby tavern, a group of men have pulled their chairs into a circle in the dust.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 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

The series’ musical landscape also includes a myriad of folk songs, such as the drunken tavern tune “Alice With Three Fingers” and the childish rhyming couplets of “The Hammer and the Anvil.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

“I like to see him in school when I can,” Father said, “but I need him here a good deal. I can’t run the tavern without him.”

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

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

City taverns have had a harder time finding their modern footing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

I’d just moved to Barcelona and, like any newly anointed local, had been eating pan con tomate – crunchy, tomato-slicked toast – in cafés and taverns all over town.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2025

His work ethic was set at the same high level as those relatives of his who put in murderous hours inside their taverns, pizza joints, and hoagie shops.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove


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