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parlor

[pahr-ler] / ˈpɑr lər /


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Ellison’s decision to choose Bloys over Holland ends a Hollywood parlor game over who would land what is considered one of the most important roles at the combined company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Ali’s iconic moment set a high bar for the LA28 Games, but with 22 months left before the opening ceremony, the question of who will light L.A.’s cauldron remains a fun parlor game, Wasserman said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Bruna Subashi, an energetic woman in her 40s, asked to convene in a luridly pink dessert parlor on Vlore’s waterfront called Big Scoop.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

Often I’d sign on to read the takes of sharp commenters over the writers who provided the digital parlor.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

That was when she found herself outside the parlor in which Admiral Faucet, Lady Constance, and the Widow Ashton were taking coffee.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

Paul Villa and his wife, Kristen, were concerned about too many massage parlors popping up in the city of about 87,000, nestled against the hills between the 605 Freeway and the Orange County border.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

Inside, customers huddle over low tables in a puzzle of terracotta-tiled, plant-filled parlors, drinking the same thing: cà phê trứng aka egg coffee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

Investments in precision technologies such as robotic milking systems, rotary parlors and wearable health and reproductive technologies can help reduce labor costs across farms.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2024

The flu virus could become aerosolized when milking parlors are cleaned with high-pressure hoses.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 25, 2024

At first, the Grimké sisters were invited by the American Anti-Slavery Society to discuss their experiences with slavery with small groups of women in private parlors.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling


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