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hookah

[hook-uh] / ˈhʊk ə /


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But a good bet is Zikrayat, which will be showing the games on five big-screen TVs and offering food and hookah specials for the duration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Local media said it happened as patrons queued to enter a hookah and cigar lounge.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2024

“Trust in the police is below zero here,” said Sofiane, 19, who was smoking a hookah with several friends in an alleyway.

From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2023

Officers entered the front door of the hookah bar, and Nelson fled out the back, where several other officers and a police dog were waiting.

From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2023

I glance at the end of the booth and see hookah sets, golden swords, and blown-up black-and-white harem pictures from some previous era propped against, yes, camel bridles.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

Their waiter Amir, who preferred not to share his last name, ferried packed peach-and-pineapple hookahs and tall glasses of pressed watermelon juice from the cafe’s kitchen to the table.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2026

In an open-air, bustling café in Nasr City in Cairo, dozens of newly arrived refugees huddle in small groups, puffing on hookahs, sharing stories about their homeland.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2024

The popular pipes, also known as hookahs and narghiles, are often passed between friends, potentially transmitting the virus.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2021

Membership of a Facebook group called Lebanon Barters has swelled, its members offering everything from poker chips to hookahs in exchange for food.

From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2020

Other servants maintained the fires in the hookahs.

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho




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