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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

And so Washington’s authority was solidified when Lee, clad in a shirt and slippers, was surprised in a New Jersey tavern and captured.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 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

One of us had to stay and watch the tavern.

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

Not a place of legend, but a supply line for the other taverns.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

By definition, occupying the gray area between a bar and a restaurant, taverns aren’t fancy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

While Washington worried, the city’s taverns, beer gardens, and coffeehouses—all 176 of them—were teeming with activity that Saturday.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy


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