cafeteria
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The once-popular institution dates back to 1935, when it was a Depression-era cafeteria and kitschy oasis that sold as many as 15,000 meals a day when Broadway was the city’s entertainment hub.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
Those injured include 10 students, four teachers, a cafeteria worker and a police officer, he said.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
"People are talking more, going to the shops instead of just sitting in the cafeteria on their phones," he says.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
To pay the bills at Eastern Michigan University, she worked two jobs, at the cafeteria and as student supervisor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026
There’d been a part of me that had thought I might make it into the cafeteria and get something from the line, but that same part hadn’t accounted for reality.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
Vocabulary lists containing cafeteria
"Journeys," Vocabulary from Lesson 26
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