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bouncer

[boun-ser] / ˈbaʊn sər /




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In the snap, Stokes unleashes a bouncer to a flinching Mohammed Siraj, the India tailender.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

While Hitchcock required use of a fake-ID scanner, he said that he couldn’t control all of his employees and that the bouncer who let in patrons with fake IDs was fired.

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

Caernarfon Crown Court heard she had passed information to the bouncer when she was previously an officer in Rhyl, Denbighshire.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

It’s basically the bouncer at the door telling you, “We can’t let you in because of your friend Darren and his ugly shoes.”

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

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

"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

He laid a blatant trap, with seven fielders back for him to bowl some gentle bouncers.

From BBC Jan. 4, 2026

I was about to jump down, but now I saw the other two bouncers rushing toward me.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben




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