gymnasium

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He and others transported supplies into Iraq and provided security for private contractors, according to the article, which described a homecoming during which family members were reunited with servicemembers in a church gymnasium.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Twelve years before, during his 1988 presidential campaign, Jackson had packed 1,000 people into a Hazard, Kentucky, gymnasium and talked about the “false face of poverty” that had taken hold in American politics and media.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

The interiors of the home, however, were mostly created and shot on a soundstage built in a nearby abandoned high school gymnasium, where the film’s production offices were also located.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025

The density of the ornament is matched only by its cheapness, with chalices lined up on the mantelpiece like the decorator raided the trophy case of a middle-school gymnasium.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 2025

We were halfway down the stands when the first ba-boomps of “In the Cold, Cold Night” sounded and Meg White’s schoolgirl charm turned the Jefferson gymnasium into a velvet underground.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx