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: a usually uncovered stand of tiered planks providing seating for spectators
—usually used in plural
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In the right-field bleachers, Cardinals fans celebrated and mocked while Cubs fans just drank, shrugged and enjoyed the sunshine.
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Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2024
With the Mets down 6-0, Alvarez led off the fifth with a shot off Taillon that went 433 to center field, where it was caught by a Mets fan in the bleachers who decided to appease the hometown crowd by throwing it back onto the field.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 22 June 2024
The crowd in some wobbly bleachers in a public park in West Oakland — that collection of punks, toddlers, beer dads, and baseball dorks having a party on a Tuesday — was the perfect encapsulation of what the A’s (and the Raiders and Warriors before them) squandered.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 5 June 2024
The Hartford boosters have ordered up and prepared an enormous tifo, choreographed fan art that, when assembled and unfurled, will cover the expanse of the bleachers.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2024
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Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2024
With the Mets down 6-0, Alvarez led off the fifth with a shot off Taillon that went 433 to center field, where it was caught by a Mets fan in the bleachers who decided to appease the hometown crowd by throwing it back onto the field.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 22 June 2024
The crowd in some wobbly bleachers in a public park in West Oakland — that collection of punks, toddlers, beer dads, and baseball dorks having a party on a Tuesday — was the perfect encapsulation of what the A’s (and the Raiders and Warriors before them) squandered.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 5 June 2024
The Hartford boosters have ordered up and prepared an enormous tifo, choreographed fan art that, when assembled and unfurled, will cover the expanse of the bleachers.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2024
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bleacher
noun
bleach·er
ˈblē-chər 
: a usually open stand of benches arranged like steps for people to watch from (as at a game)
—usually used in plural
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