cafeteria
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Breakfast is the same every day: three egg whites and spinach made by the office cafeteria chef, who knows the protein-to-greens ratio the boss prefers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Army would set up a table inside the cafeteria of our high school where they would recruit these kids—not even young men and women—into the service.
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2026
She picks up weekly produce deliveries in the South Los Angeles hospital’s cafeteria and attends its occasional cooking classes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
For one thing, the end of the school year results in some school employees such as bus drivers and cafeteria workers applying for unemployment benefits.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
Sitti gets hot tea—which she always complains about, but also drinks every last drop—and Dad and I share a plate of very mediocre cafeteria fries.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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School cafeterias are a common place for bullying to occur, she says, because the student-to-staff ratio is much higher than in a classroom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
Post-primary pupils face price rises of 19% on food they buy from school cafeterias, while pre-school prices will also go up.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025
In many cases, both the chains and the institutions themselves profit from these deals, turning cafeterias and lobbies into a quiet engine of revenue.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2025
And the food-service company that recently introduced an all-vegetarian menu in the San Francisco Unified School District credits students with having "led the way" in asking for less meat in their cafeterias.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2024
The strange scenes played out on the TV news each night—Khrushchev cracking jokes with farmers, chowing down in corporate cafeterias, watching a movie being filmed in a Hollywood studio.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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