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ballroom

[bawl-room, -room] / ˈbɔlˌrum, -ˌrʊm /




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She’s from Japan, he’s from Mexico, their native languages intertwining at home, although you could argue their shared tongue is actually ballroom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

US President Donald Trump took Chinese President Xi Jinping and other state dinner guests on a tour of the construction site of his new ballroom, the White House said Friday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

The White House ballroom was recast as a security project; now the arch has been too.

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026

In the off-the-cuff moment, he said as a "special treat" the Chinese leader and his wife could be the first to enter the ballroom, which is still a year away from completion.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

It’s big enough to be a ballroom, with gleaming floors and rows of numbered PO boxes and actual sculptures, like a museum.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

He told me that during his childhood, Eid prayers were sometimes held in hotel ballrooms because mosques were too few and too small.

From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026

And 500 more White House ballrooms, based on the latest projection of $400 million for just one.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026

Americans were settling down, ballrooms were fading, and audiences were turning to bebop, rhythm and blues, and singers such as Frank Sinatra.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

Demos, presentations and meetings will take place in a massive convention center as well as ballrooms and suites throughout the city.

From Barron's ● Jan. 3, 2026

It was gargantuan, a vertical city of shimmering, crystalline towers and bridges, chambers and turrets, domed ballrooms and long, endless hallways.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas




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