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Recent Examples of lunch counter
The activist inspired a generation of nonviolent activists in the earliest days of the Civil Rights Movement by pushing to desegregate lunch counters in Nashville.
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Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 18 July 2024
Lawson was an architect of Nashville's lunch counter sit-ins and helped launch a nationwide movement.
—Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 18 July 2024
Most recently, Looby been defending many of the college students who sought to desegregate lunch counters in downtown Nashville by engaging in peaceful sit-ins.
—Andrea Williams, The Tennessean, 19 Apr. 2024
Their experiences of harassment, beatings, and arrests dramatized the injustices of segregation in ways that began to shift public opinion about its legitimacy.
STRATEGY BEFORE TACTICS
The campaign to desegregate Nashville lunch counters was not reliant solely on lunch counter sit-ins, of course.
—Erica Chenoweth, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2013
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Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 18 July 2024
Lawson was an architect of Nashville's lunch counter sit-ins and helped launch a nationwide movement.
—Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 18 July 2024
Most recently, Looby been defending many of the college students who sought to desegregate lunch counters in downtown Nashville by engaging in peaceful sit-ins.
—Andrea Williams, The Tennessean, 19 Apr. 2024
Their experiences of harassment, beatings, and arrests dramatized the injustices of segregation in ways that began to shift public opinion about its legitimacy.
STRATEGY BEFORE TACTICS
The campaign to desegregate Nashville lunch counters was not reliant solely on lunch counter sit-ins, of course.
—Erica Chenoweth, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2013
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunch counter
Noun
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The snack bar is located near the main clubhouse, just off the practice greens with a small outdoor patio.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Mar. 2025
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Here, passengers can take advantage of amenities including a fitness center, massage treatment rooms, a lounging area with a coffee, juice, and snack bar, and floor-to-ceiling windows.—
Bailey Berg,
AFAR Media,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The Bursa governor's office told the outlet that the hotel was empty of guests at the time, but 12 staff members remained in the building when the fire broke out in the cafeteria.—
Natasha Dye,
People.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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There are few spots to break for lunch or a snack because all of the cafeterias on the base shut down long ago.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA TODAY,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The building will also have 22,000 square feet of ground floor retail and restaurant space.—
Kate Marijolovic,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Mar. 2025
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Over the past 30 years, business owners have bought restaurants, scooped up plots of land and built apartment complexes on the belief that West Sacramento is poised for more investment.—
Annika Merrilees,
Sacbee.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Inside classrooms, the district could reduce waste by increasing use of digital over paper materials and eliminating single-use plastics in the lunchroom.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2025
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Musk appeared shortly behind him, deep in conversation with Senator Rick Scott of Florida, before disappearing into the lunchroom.—
Jess Bidgood,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Lunch counter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunch%20counter. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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