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as in pub
a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises
a seedy section of the city's waterfront that was rife with cheap taverns, tattoo parlors, and run-down flophouses
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as in hotel
a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests
a colonial-era tavern that has been serving weary travelers for two and a half centuries
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Recent Examples of tavern
What's the conversation like at Moe's tavern when CNBC comes on after the last FOMC meeting?
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Derek Saul, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
This hotel's signature restaurant, The Courtroom, serves elegant tavern fare in a sunlit dining area with soaring ceilings, oversized windows, and marble accents.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
Speaking with me about the October surprise from a leather booth at a Greenwich Village tavern more than three decades later, Unger, now 75, lit up.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2024
Among the historical figures who frequented the tavern were Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, John Hancock, Joseph Warren, Joseph Webb, Thomas Melville, and Samuel Peck.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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Derek Saul, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
This hotel's signature restaurant, The Courtroom, serves elegant tavern fare in a sunlit dining area with soaring ceilings, oversized windows, and marble accents.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
Speaking with me about the October surprise from a leather booth at a Greenwich Village tavern more than three decades later, Unger, now 75, lit up.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2024
Among the historical figures who frequented the tavern were Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, John Hancock, Joseph Warren, Joseph Webb, Thomas Melville, and Samuel Peck.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tavern
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There's also a small pub in the east village called Scratcher.Shivani Vora, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Before then, the neighborhood was primarily a red-light district with a handful of pubs and hostels catering to backpackers.Maryam Jillani, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2024
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He was found dead in his hotel room on Feb. 28, 2023, by his co-workers, and toxicology results from an autopsy showed significant recent exposure to hydrogen sulfide, which was indicated by elevated thiosulfate levels, according to the lawsuit.Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
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Logan Thorpe, a fitness content creator and coach who described himself as someone who worked with Tippet’s fitness business, said Tippet’s body was discovered in his Turkish hotel room.Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Rumblings of the trend were first felt last spring when labels like Prada, Carven, Altuzarra, and even Staud took suede out of the saloon and brought it onto their fall runways.Laura Jackson, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2024
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While testing out new menus and chefs along itineraries may prove the norm, a capable, modern galley is located along the starboard side of the saloon should consensus dictate dining on board.Kathleen Turner, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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Before then, the neighborhood was primarily a red-light district with a handful of pubs and hostels catering to backpackers.Maryam Jillani, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2024
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Hotels and hostels in border towns were so full that people camped out on the floors of movie theaters, mosques and railway stations.Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
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The second restaurant for the Honduran cafe will have an oyster bar, tortilla bar, cocktail bar and specialty coffee bar, a press release says.Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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Renovated in 2021 to become fully carbon neutral and solar powered, the airy cafe attracts visitors and locals alike for sumptuous sandwiches like slow roasted pork on fluffy baguette and cauliflower, pesto and ricotta on focaccia.Anna Haines, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Gone were the boats that crowd the archipelago’s harbors in the midsummer, as were most of the visitors who keep the area’s inns and guesthouses buzzing through the season.Madeline Weinfield, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2024
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Stay at the in-town Bristol Hotel or at the luxurious country inn, Nicewonder Farm and Vineyards.Madeline Weinfield, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2024
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Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images At an East Village bar, Trump supporters cheer the results at an Election Night watch party sponsored by the New York Young Republicans Club.Curbed Staff, Curbed, 6 Nov. 2024
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Also on the schedule are drag performers, a performance by dance troupe Theatre Flamenco, fashion displays and a variety of other entertainment, as well as two outdoor bars, and free entry into Minna Gallery and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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The gunfire broke out blocks from the site of the deadly Pulse nightclub mass shooting that occurred on June 12, 2016, when a 29-year-old shooter killed 49 people.Dalia Faheid, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
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Artists directed music videos, created installations for nightclubs, and appeared on television.Natasha Degen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Tavern.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tavern. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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