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Recent Examples of alehouse
At the airport, a group of cadets loitered by a lactation pod, and people at the terminal alehouse seemed to be having a genuinely good time.
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Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2026
Carrying news, satire and story into places where expensive books had seldom reached, they were sold for pennies, tacked to alehouse walls and sung aloud for the illiterate.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 8 Nov. 2025
On a video call Finger demonstrated a few use cases, including a woman sitting in a modern Los Angeles garage that became a woman riding a horse in an old Western town, or two men sitting at a backyard table who were suddenly in a Medieval alehouse.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2025
The classic alehouse is a stone’s throw away from Leeds’ home ground, and on April 28, the fans were in a celebratory mood.
—Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 15 May 2025
This Livermore movie theater and alehouse will show the NFC championship in high-def on a 30-foot screen.
—Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2024
The London Evening Post didn’t give her name, simply identifying her as the keeper of the Queen’s Head alehouse.
—Katie Dancey-Downs, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2022
The alehouse at 9501 W. 171st St. in Tinley Park (708-966-2051) hosts a music series on the patio beginning May 27.
—Vickie Snow Jurkowski, Daily Southtown, 8 May 2018
In the late seventies, the bar came under the ownership of the proprietor of a now defunct Bronx alehouse called the Liffy, like the river.
—David Kortava, The New Yorker, 9 July 2017
Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2026
Carrying news, satire and story into places where expensive books had seldom reached, they were sold for pennies, tacked to alehouse walls and sung aloud for the illiterate.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 8 Nov. 2025
On a video call Finger demonstrated a few use cases, including a woman sitting in a modern Los Angeles garage that became a woman riding a horse in an old Western town, or two men sitting at a backyard table who were suddenly in a Medieval alehouse.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2025
The classic alehouse is a stone’s throw away from Leeds’ home ground, and on April 28, the fans were in a celebratory mood.
—Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 15 May 2025
This Livermore movie theater and alehouse will show the NFC championship in high-def on a 30-foot screen.
—Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2024
The London Evening Post didn’t give her name, simply identifying her as the keeper of the Queen’s Head alehouse.
—Katie Dancey-Downs, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2022
The alehouse at 9501 W. 171st St. in Tinley Park (708-966-2051) hosts a music series on the patio beginning May 27.
—Vickie Snow Jurkowski, Daily Southtown, 8 May 2018
In the late seventies, the bar came under the ownership of the proprietor of a now defunct Bronx alehouse called the Liffy, like the river.
—David Kortava, The New Yorker, 9 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alehouse
Noun
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The park’s visitor center, in a 1935 roadhouse that sat on Route 66, contains displays with Route 66 memorabilia (and a gift shop with hundreds of Route 66 items).—
Ginger Crichton,
Midwest Living,
12 Apr. 2026
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Michelob Ultra Roadhouse The roadhouse is on Simmons Banks Plaza, which surrounds Dickies Arena.—
Brayden Garcia
January 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Not to mention $560 is an excellent market price for a bistro set made with durability top of mind.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
29 Apr. 2026
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At this cheffy Columbia bistro, Mother’s Day will entail a live jazz brunch with a la carte menu options such as mini beignets, pimento-cheese croque madames and lobster quiches.—
Jane Godiner,
Baltimore Sun,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Four people were wounded early Sunday in a shooting at a troubled Queens nightclub with a history of violence and murder.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
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The pop icon, 67, previewed two new songs at the (not-so) surprise appearance at Club Confessions — a one-night party at the legendary Abbey nightclub in West Hollywood.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The family-friendly spot features a weekly selection of 20 beers, ciders, and seltzers, plus a menu of creative pub grub ranging from buffalo chicken eggrolls to brisket dumplings served with beer cheese.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
24 Apr. 2026
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To cater to them both, the ship is equally split between sports pubs and jazz bars, burger and pizza joints and Greek and Italian restaurants, casinos and theatres, etc.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Foothills Brewing is downtown's largest and oldest brewpub and offers a full menu of pub grub.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
14 Apr. 2026
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In the resulting readers’ choice awards, the only category that didn’t include a North Carolina winner was best brewpub.—
Jenna Eason,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Toast to history at Ye Olde Trail Tavern Restaurant, Ohio’s oldest tavern, built in 1827.—
Sarah Miller,
Midwest Living,
29 Apr. 2026
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Keep in mind that despite the significance of the date of July 4, 1776, royalists and republicans had been arguing in print, pamphlets, taverns and on town greens long before 1776.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In the weeks before Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, the alcoholic, frustrated cabaret singer/force of nature that is Mary Todd Lincoln deals with secret yearnings, as does her husband.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Apr. 2026
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The family of the cabaret artist Fritz Grünbaum, who was murdered in the Holocaust, for example, was able to recover works by Viennese Expressionist artist Egon Schiele that were in Grünbaum’s vast personal collection in 2018 after decades of efforts.—
Jackie Hajdenberg,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Think jazz clubs, speakeasy lounges, bookstores, and movie theaters.—
Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
28 Apr. 2026
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The Hidden Forty is a limited-time seasonal bar that has transformed the Top of the Hyatt into a speakeasy with new art decor, a cocktail menu and food options.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Alehouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alehouse. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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