fast-food restaurant
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Figures from the market-research firm Datassential cited by the Wall Street Journal last year showed that bone-in fried-chicken offerings on U.S. fast-food restaurant menus had fallen 72% over the previous four years.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
When that man brought him to a fast-food restaurant and ordered hamburgers, Ahmad remembered, “I told him, ‘I don’t eat pork.’
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026
He made a stop at a Whataburger fast-food restaurant where he shook hands with employees and picked up hamburgers before boarding Air Force One again and making his way to Florida.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
When confronted about the lack of food by a county monitoring team, the indictment alleged, Soofer “ran to a McDonald’s fast-food restaurant and came back with bags of food to give participants for lunch.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2026
I was at the mall with my mother one afternoon when I spotted Mister Mancini ordering a hamburger at Scotty's Chuck Wagon, a fast-food restaurant located a few doors down from the music shop.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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