lunch counter
Example Sentences
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When he got in, he worked in his brother’s restaurants—a lunch counter, then a pizzeria—to pay his tuition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
As a teenager, she had once thrown the “Colored” sign off a city bus, and she had already spent a night in jail in Nashville for participating in a lunch counter sit-in.
From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2023
As a youth, he organized a lunch counter sit-in to protest segregation in his hometown of Wichita, Kansas.
From Washington Times • Apr. 5, 2023
Aviv Shawarma Bar: This South Lake Union lunch counter never got the foot traffic it needed to survive when Amazon workers started working remotely during the pandemic.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2022
I could hear Mrs. G call my name, but I pretended not to hear and just kept walking to the other side of the cafeteria, behind the lunch counter.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
