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Recent Examples of lunch counter
Lawson was an architect of Nashville's lunch counter sit-ins and helped launch a nationwide movement.
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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
During the morning rush, two men walked in and pointed their guns toward the lunch counter.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 17 Dec. 2024
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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
During the morning rush, two men walked in and pointed their guns toward the lunch counter.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunch counter
Noun
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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
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The gun found on him matched three shell casings found at the crime scene and his fingerprints matched those investigators found on a water bottle and snack bar wrapper, according to authorities.—
Jessica Botelho,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Buccaneers players say their locker room stinks, their seats on the team plane are too small and their cafeteria food could be fresher, according to an annual player survey.—
Jeff Weiner,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
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Paid time off, health insurance, tuition reimbursement, flexible schedules, or even perks like summer Fridays and company cafeterias with solid meal options all add up.—
Sho Dewan,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Here are five top hotel restaurants in Greater Palm Springs to visit for an extraordinary dining experience.—
Taryn White,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Because this is a restaurant in Miami Beach, a lot of attention is paid to cocktails, too.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The recommendation comes after the Feb. 20 brawl between a handful of students in the Dublin High lunchroom sent two students to the hospital.—
Kyle Martin,
The Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2025
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The six episodes are packed with expositional scenes in which an experienced character walks a neophyte through a new environment, giving the lay of the cultural land as if talking about quadrants in a middle school lunchroom.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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“Lunch counter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunch%20counter. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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