canteen
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Justice Elena Kagan refers to herself as the “frozen yogurt justice” and even had a fro-yo machine installed in the court’s canteen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Money does not change hands among residents, not in its cooperative grocery store nor community canteen.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Over in the canteen, Syrian and African musicians chow down with Posdnuos from De La Soul and sitar legend Anoushka Shankar.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
He will often be seen in the canteen making coffee and talking to the chef.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
Cluny had left the better part of a wood pigeon, some cheese, and there was still a handsome measure of the best St. Ninian barley wine in the Chief’s canteen.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Since then, mobile phones, smartwatches and tablets have been exiled from classrooms, corridors and canteens in schools across the Netherlands.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
At the height of the Cold War, Moscow operated an airport on Svalbard and three mining towns complete with state-of-the-art health facilities and 24-hour canteens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026
Imperial College London dropped beef from most of its canteens two years ago, replacing it with venison alongside chicken and pork.
From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025
Exposing people to positive social norms, using posters in canteens encouraging vegetable consumption, or in bars to discourage dangerous levels of drinking, have been shown to work.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024
He could dig holes, and he had a real gift for bringing water for them both in cans and canteens from the tanks near the mess hall.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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