canteen
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Some diners raised concerns during the canteen trial.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
The final plan adopted in 2022 added details such as meeting facilities, a fitness center, canteen, Patriot Store and other “community-serving activities.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
In the 2000s, when Jamie Oliver was touring British schools for his influential Channel 4 series, it was argued that children were getting fat from buying too many turkey twizzlers at the school canteen.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
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
The girls had been passing the second canteen around, taking small, careful sips from it.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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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
From school and university canteens to football stadiums and theatres, venison is muscling in on beef as UK chefs hunt for greener options.
From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025
Year 11 students were initially told to use a hatch and eat outside, but following feedback, the school allowed Year 11s to use other year groups' canteens during a specified time period.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 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
As the sky grew dark, the exhausted Americans sat on the ground gulping water from canteens and licking melted chocolate bars from the wrappers.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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