jukebox
Example Sentences
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Black bar owners were early adopters and patrons called it the jukebox, the music machine playing down at the “juke joint.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
Check the jukebox, because the same song seems to be stuck on repeat.
From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026
Most rock biopics have a similar rise-and-fall-and-rise arc; it’s a cliché that works, like plugging “Sweet Caroline” into a bar’s jukebox.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
Where “I Think You Should Leave” operates like a jukebox, “The Chair Company” is a concept album extrapolating a single sight gag into a swirl of lunacy on par with an extended free jazz performance.
From Salon • Oct. 13, 2025
The ice cream shop was like a time capsule with shiny red booths, waitresses dressed in pink dresses and aprons, and a jukebox in the corner.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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