amusement
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"When the weather gets good, the lake is closed. It's like having an amusement park and not opening it," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Readers who might be unaware of this facility should imagine an amusement park minus the fun and whimsy.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
The long-vacant site has become a magnet for so-called urban explorers, who prowl abandoned malls, hospitals, power plants, amusement parks, factories and any other disused structure they can breach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Fighters will put their bodies and health on the line in the punishing D.C. heat with no medical insurance and little compensation for the amusement of the wealthy few.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026
“Hmm,” said Handsome without a trace of amusement.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
In 1987, Mr. Birney’s Conor is a happy nerd, comfortably living alone in a small Baltimore house with a shelf of videotapes and other amusements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
Much like its kiddie counterpart, Chuck’s Arcade offers a blend of retro and modern amusements — classics like Donkey Kong and Mortal Kombat sit alongside newer fare like Halo and Connect Four Hoops.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2025
"It's a very, very busy place with amusements, Water World, go-kart track, all the apartments and things on both sides of the road there," he said.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2025
In its 2022 annual report, the company said that 65 percent of its revenue came from games and amusements.
From Slate ● May 1, 2024
Shortly after the cannon marked the evening, Captain Mackay sent his aide, requesting we go forth and pull Serjeant Clippinger from his amusements.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing amusement
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