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: a usually uncovered stand of tiered planks providing seating for spectators
—usually used in plural
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In our 20s, friends and I would sit 10 or 15 wide at weekend day games, cheap beers in our hands and feet up on the bleachers.
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Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2024
Songs, dances, drum lines and chants organically formed in the bleachers.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2024
Last month, the Chiefs football player was photographed by his wife sitting with the couple's son in the bleachers at a local high school football field to watch a game together.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
In the bottom of the first inning of Game 2 of the National League Division Series, Jurickson Profar reached three rows into the bleachers at Dodger Stadium to rob a home run from Mookie Betts.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2024
Songs, dances, drum lines and chants organically formed in the bleachers.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2024
Last month, the Chiefs football player was photographed by his wife sitting with the couple's son in the bleachers at a local high school football field to watch a game together.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
In the bottom of the first inning of Game 2 of the National League Division Series, Jurickson Profar reached three rows into the bleachers at Dodger Stadium to rob a home run from Mookie Betts.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Bleacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bleacher. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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bleacher
noun
bleach·er
ˈblē-chər 
: a usually open stand of benches arranged like steps for people to watch from (as at a game)
—usually used in plural
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