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amphitheater

[am-fuh-thee-uh-ter, -theeuh-ter, am-puh-] / ˈæm fəˌθi ə tər, -ˌθiə tər, ˈæm pə- /
NOUN
arena
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What he wants is a chance to argue to a judge that the city’s speech rules are unenforceable, so he “may return to the amphitheater to speak without fear of further punishment,” Justice Kagan writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

And his lament over the pain of farewells likely will be felt by many of the athletes gathering Sunday for the Olympic closing ceremony at Arena di Verona, a 1st century Roman amphitheater.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026

A street preacher in Brandon, Miss., Mr. Olivier was fined $304 for violating an ordinance restricting protests near a city amphitheater.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

The waterfall was still running, though the amphitheater the water feeds into was sealed behind a wall of steel barricades.

From Slate • Oct. 30, 2025

All this was contained in a cityscape of carved honey stone and gilded domes, the streets radiating out from an ancient amphitheater filled with colorful market stalls.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor