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Origin of bleacher
1540–50; 1885–90 bleacher for def. 1; bleach + -er 1
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David Pountney’s 2008 production of Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s “Die Soldaten” included a 974-seat bleacher containing the audience that slowly rolled down train tracks over a football field-length runway.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
Additional bleacher and field seating were added for the event, which helped create space for the largest crowd in the 100-year history of Memorial Stadium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2023
As a freshman in a fraternity, I had to wake up at 6 a.m. on Saturday mornings to save bleacher seats for the older boys.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2023
The team recently unveiled a new logo for the Dawg Pound - the team’s notorious bleacher section - that was voted on by fans.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
On the wood bleacher, Coach is reading papers, filling out forms for fencing meets.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
A pesky contact hitter with a high average and propensity for reaching base goes first, while the beefy slugger capable of launching moonshots into the bleachers lives in the middle to drive in runners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
You sit in the bleachers or walk the sidelines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Three innings later, he sent another ball soaring into the left-field bleachers at Wrigley Field, making Báez just the eighth player since 1900 to hit multiple home runs in his debut.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
The meet, which was staged in a gym with one set of bleachers and fans sitting on mats, was an intimate warm up for the arena stage Ohashi will take at the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
And in the dugout and on the bleachers, I wasn’t joking around, imitating my teammates, and keeping everyone loose.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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