bouncer
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Mr. T then turned to Chicago’s nightlife, becoming a bouncer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Glenn continued walking down a beach path, getting into an argument with another bouncer outside a separate bar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
The next night he came prepared with his passport but still got turned away by the bouncer at the West End sports bar Sullivan’s Tap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
The man who somehow got out to a Marnus Labuschagne bouncer in Sydney tamely holed out for 25 on Friday morning when there was an opportunity for a much bigger contribution.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Alfred the bouncer heard them and thought they were having a party.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
The regulatory workaround now draws enough people on some nights that Lidl employs a team of bouncers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
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
Every day, diligent ushers stood like bouncers at the court's heavy, soundproof doors.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 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
I turned my head and spotted Luno stomping back and forth under the dock lights, hollering furiously at the two bouncers on the top deck.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
