vend
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But most machines still vend old-school “War Worker” tampons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
Indigenous hop pickers also took the opportunity to vend their own goods to local Seattleites.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
Mr. Rossi said that he argued in court that the state law overruled city regulations and allowed him to vend in areas that would otherwise be off limits.
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2020
With no houses to clean, no motorcycle taxis to drive and no markets to vend their wares, many face eviction and starvation.
From Time ● Apr. 7, 2020
“I believe that they vend foot- long hot dogs.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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Walter vends its own beer, specially brewed for the venue in the village of Gijzegem.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2020
He vends excellent objects d'art undismayed before gargantuan plutocrats, penetrating their purses vastly, simply with the device of perfumed cigarettes, voluptuous oriental divans, scientific lighting, cutaway coat, and hauteur.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The reading matter that he vends is stuff that an easygoing, careless public will not hasten to put aside voluntarily.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Samoki pottery meets no competition down the river to the north until in the vicinity of Bitwagan, which makes and vends similar ware both up and down the river.
From The Bontoc Igorot by Albert Ernest Jenks
Suppose you sent us some of the catalogues of the parties what vends statutes?
From Vailima Letters by Robert Louis Stevenson
Since moving back to L.A. in 2014, Wang has vended at local farmers markets, hosted Chinese cooking demos at public libraries and helped staff Filipino restaurant Lasita, a crown jewel of Chinatown’s Far East Plaza.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Tokens are required at the bar, annoyingly vended by machines.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2020
A snack bar vended an array of imported soft drinks, including a range of Coca-Cola products with Vietnamese packaging.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2019
In Philadelphia, No. i Guggenheim vended various things, but first began making large profits through shoe-polish and glue.
From Time Magazine Archive
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In fact, these nuts, which are vended in large quantities in our markets, grow as well in our climate as the common hazelnut, and produce very abundantly.
From The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States by Andrew S. Fuller
She packs as many as a dozen in a reusable container from Farmers Fridge, her airport vending machine go-to for a chia pudding fix.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
These highly detailed tableaux of laundromats speak to immigrant life as characters from East Asian mythology and Mexican traditions tumble around washers, buy detergent from vending machines, and mingle in laundry baskets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
In Nairobi and other major towns, migrants from the region can be found working in barber shops and salons, construction, operating motorbike taxis and street vending, as well as selling clothes, food and household goods.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
According to the report, a mobile food vendor consolidated three vending locations into one, and a salon owner combined two locations to help reduce rent and costs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
I knew my fear was getting the best of me when I started wondering why they don't sell cuts of meat in vending machines.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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