bleachers
Britishplural noun
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(sometimes singular) a tier of seats in a sports stadium, etc, that are unroofed and inexpensive
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the people occupying such seats
Example Sentences
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“I understand from Ray there”—he nods to Ray, who is sitting up high in the bleachers—“that things have been rocky for you.”
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Coal went over and put his bag down on the bleachers.
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But even with Mark Cuban in the bleachers, Indiana didn’t buy it all; vanquished opponents like Ohio State and Oregon spent much more.
I was sitting on the bleachers with the third-graders, and we all applauded.
Descending to your left is a broad “sitting stair,” wide enough to serve as bleachers and made of warm-colored wood.
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