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discotheque

[dis-kuh-tek, dis-kuh-tek] / ˈdɪs kəˌtɛk, ˌdɪs kəˈtɛk /




discothèque


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But the discotheque where he used to dance through the night in his 20s was gone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2026

“Most of these drinks were served in clubs and discotheques… they were brightly colored. If you’re at a discotheque, you don’t want a glass of brown liquor.”

From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2025

The story went that he liked the discotheque much more than the training ground, and the affair with Bonaccorso and his car crash were symptoms of a deeper malaise.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2023

Moments such as The Beatles dancing to their own music in a discotheque and Lennon playing with toy boats while taking a bubble bath mix with plenty of snappy dialogue.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 18, 2022

We called the library a discotheque, which was a joke of ours.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

Dead ahead: maybe 75 dancers, mostly in their late teens and early 20s, others in their 30s and 40s, sweating it out in this mayfly, once-every-five-weeks discothèque.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2023

He then came to Washington to enter law school at American University and took a job as a waiter at Whiskey-A-Go-Go, a discothèque in the Georgetown neighborhood.

From Washington Post ● May 14, 2020

He later moved to Miami, where he converted a nightclub called Rum Bottoms into a discothèque called Limelight, and booked rising acts like Grace Jones and the Village People.

From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2020

Still in disguise, he turned up at a local discothèque, but was refused entry.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 28, 2020

He sold theatre tickets, washed windows, and ran a student discothèque.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 8, 2018

“Most of these drinks were served in clubs and discotheques… they were brightly colored. If you’re at a discotheque, you don’t want a glass of brown liquor.”

From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2025

Limits on discotheques and nightclubs will stand at 50% indoors and 75% outdoors.

From Reuters ● Oct. 7, 2021

Bars and discotheques, closed for the past 16 months, will reopen only in October.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2021

The scene from the film Saturday Night Fever is now 44 years-old but it remains a crucial moment in the history of night clubs and discotheques.

From BBC ● May 5, 2021

As he tweeted, "Unable to do anything else today, I did this. One hour of Bowie songs I've played in discotheques over the years."

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2016


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