How to Use fairground in a Sentence
fairground
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Strangers in the pews become friends on the fairgrounds.
— Maria Panaritis, Philly.com, 4 May 2018 -
Coupons are $1 and cover most of the food and rides inside the fairgrounds.
— Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2023 -
The campground at the fairground is in the woods, which acts as a buffer to the blazing sun.
— Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Mar. 2023 -
No events are occurring at the fairgrounds through the end of June.
— Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, 28 May 2020 -
At the fairgrounds:Each day at the Indiana State Fair has a theme.
— Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Aug. 2024 -
Much of the community center and fairgrounds were built on the site of the tank farm.
— Peter Marteka, Courant Community, 12 Mar. 2018 -
Both fairground and field have been baking all day in the late-summer sun.
— Misha Hoekstra, Harpers Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021 -
The event will feature a 1.25-mile route for classic cars to mosey around the fairgrounds.
— Daily Pilot, 29 Aug. 2019 -
Maybe, as a child, your parents took you to a fairground, and bought you vanilla ice cream.
— Kristen Lynch, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023 -
The fair will last more than three weeks, to spread out crowds and allow for fairground cleaning.
— David Pitt, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Aug. 2021 -
Now, on the eve of the 168th Hamilton County Fair, my story today takes a look at the future of the fair and the fairgrounds.
— Scott Wartman cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 9 Aug. 2023 -
No one is allowed to enter the fairgrounds after 8 p.m. each night the fair is open.
— Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Aug. 2024 -
Hours ahead of the event people started gathering at the fairgrounds for the event.
— USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2024 -
High at a fairground, her skin tingles when the wind lifts someone’s hair.
— Amber Medland, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2022 -
The gun show had been held at the fairgrounds since 1996, drawing thousands of people to the event center.
— Destiny Torres, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024 -
It was performed pageant-style, outdoors, in the fairgrounds.
— Jennifer Percy, Harper's magazine, 20 Jan. 2020 -
Wild West show at a stadium near the fairground’s gates.
— Colin Woodard, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2023 -
There is a fairground carousel in the parklands of Villa Borghese.
— Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2021 -
Line up at fairgrounds at 9 a.m. Parade at 10 a.m. down Rt.
— Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, 26 June 2018 -
There were dozens on the fairgrounds before the Great Depression.
— Time, 11 July 2019 -
Admission to the fairgrounds for children 3 to 12 years old is $5.
— Peggy O’Hare, ExpressNews.com, 12 Feb. 2020 -
Pets were allowed at the school, and livestock could be taken to the county fairgrounds.
— Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 18 June 2024 -
In a corral at the back of the fairgrounds the hungry horses shoved their noses into bales of waiting hay.
— Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 8 July 2019 -
Some of these changes include turning off the blinking lights and music across the fairgrounds.
— Noor Adatia, Dallas News, 16 Sep. 2023 -
In 2003, Hughes and his daughter, Angela, both fought at the Muncie fairgrounds.
— Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 6 Dec. 2019 -
The ride reportedly shut down and has seen been removed from the fairgrounds.
— Nicole Darrah, Fox News, 23 Aug. 2018 -
The Sedalia fairground was instead used for a smaller youth livestock show.
— From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2021 -
The Big Wheel The Ferris wheel may not have been a new idea, but the revolving structure offered fun—from the fairgrounds to the classroom.
— JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024 -
With shots firing from left, right and center, goalies feel like a duck at a fairground arcade.
— Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2022 -
The fair previously allowed visitors with a valid handgun license to bring a firearm into the fairgrounds.
— Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 14 Aug. 2024
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