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vend

[vend] / vɛnd /
VERB
sell
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STRONG


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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

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

The reading matter that he vends is stuff that an easygoing, careless public will not hasten to put aside voluntarily.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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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