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
Jan-Niklas Hustedt remembers going to techno parties in the abandoned canteen of a pump factory that had drastically downsized after reunification, in his hometown of Oschersleben.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Money does not change hands among residents, not in its cooperative grocery store nor community canteen.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
The canteen, where staff were playing ping pong and pool just 24 hours earlier, was transformed into a nightclub with more than 400 guests.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
Werfel said, “I wish we had a canteen to carry some of this water.”
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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
Post-primary pupils face price rises of 19% on food they buy from school canteens, while pre-school prices will also go up.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 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
“The main thing is just not to starve to death,” one video blogger advised in a post detailing how she subsisted on snack samples and free meals from temples and student canteens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2024
By night, just about everyone else’s canteens were almost empty.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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