Coney Island
Example Sentences
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Since its first appearance on the Coney Island boardwalk, the hot dog has been dogged by a lowbrow reputation—low nutrition, low quality, low price—maligned by public-health officials and persnickety parents alike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
It will pass Staten Island and some beaches, including Coney Island in Brooklyn, before connecting to an existing pipeline network near Rockaway Beach in Queens.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025
Scattered throughout the pages are evidence of his beginnings in Coney Island, where he seemed to excel in mathematics, the piano and the accordion.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2025
Joey Chestnut, the competition’s most decorated eater, is returning to the Coney Island stage this year after a sponsorship conflict barred him from competing in 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2025
Of course that would mean no swimming at Coney Island, and no movies, and no nothing, but it was worth it.
From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden
