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tavern

[tav-ern] / ˈtæv ərn /


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At a nearby tavern, a group of men have pulled their chairs into a circle in the dust.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Back at the tavern, the men's meeting is wrapping up.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

The chapter on the Stamp Act starts in a tavern on the island of St. Kitts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

She said of tertulias, the literary debates that took over an evening in a home or tavern, “they certainly ate, but above all, they drank and debated passionately.”

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

Thirteen miles southeast of Washington, John Lloyd, the proprietor of Surratt’s tavern, went to bed.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

Hospitality veteran Clemens Keller insists that Vienna's storied "heuriger" winemakers' taverns -- which face a hangover-inducing brew of real estate speculation, spiralling costs and climate change -- cannot rely on their illustrious past.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

"It's coming to a point now where we are going to lose some of our inns and taverns, never to be returned," he told the BBC.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

Not a place of legend, but a supply line for the other taverns.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

City taverns have had a harder time finding their modern footing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

I turned south, then west again, then was forced north for three blocks by loud soldiers spilling out of taverns.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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