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Recent Examples of drive-in
Tesla drivers can choose from 80 supercharger stations surrounding the diner and can order food directly from their cars’ touch screens, while audio for the drive-in movie screens is piped into their sound system.
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Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
Tickets cost approximately $9 for children and $13 for adults, and in classic drive-in style, Shankweiler’s plays a double feature every night.
—Sophie Caldwell
lauren Shamo, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2025
On Friday night, there was a drive-in movie (The Goonies), the sign-up closed well in advance.
—Stephanie Krikorian, Curbed, 11 Aug. 2025
The cafe is replacing an Olathe drive-in of more than 50 years.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2025
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Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
Tickets cost approximately $9 for children and $13 for adults, and in classic drive-in style, Shankweiler’s plays a double feature every night.
—Sophie Caldwell
lauren Shamo, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2025
On Friday night, there was a drive-in movie (The Goonies), the sign-up closed well in advance.
—Stephanie Krikorian, Curbed, 11 Aug. 2025
The cafe is replacing an Olathe drive-in of more than 50 years.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drive-in
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About a hundred people packed into the museum’s private cinema to hear the results—five winners out of some ten thousand entries—while munching popcorn from little striped cartons.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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The committee said in a statement that the film’s inclusion underscores Indonesian cinema’s growing ambition to strengthen its presence on the global stage.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 Sep. 2025
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In addition to all the indoor exhibits, the museum has its own mini golf course and brand new outdoor playground along with a playhouse and Rainbow Music Garden.—
Lois Alter Mark,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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On July 28 at 6:30 p.m., the playhouse is actually showing the 1952 movie, which stars Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O’Connor, and is fully expecting the screening to go as planned.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
26 July 2025
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“Drive-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drive-in. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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