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dispenser

[dih-spen-ser] / dɪˈspɛn sər /
NOUN
apothecary
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A French teenager who allegedly licked a straw from an orange juice vending machine before putting it back into its dispenser has been charged with committing mischief and being a public nuisance in Singapore.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026

I yanked the top off the body-wash dispenser at one hotel and left it off until I checked out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

It felt like a piece of my childhood died along with the actor who played Dawson Leery, but it wasn’t just a parasocial relationship that had me weeping next to the soap dispenser.

From Slate ● Feb. 19, 2026

As the baseball world shut down, Call bought a portable Junior Hack Attack hitting machine with a self-feeding ball dispenser.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025

I also clean the faucet handles and the paper-towel dispenser.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty

“We joked about getting him one of those water dispensers that gerbils use,” says Crawford.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

They also reportedly have dispensers for chaff -- metal shavings that distract radar-guided missiles -- and flares that blind heat-seeking missiles.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

But every other Mercedes-Benz marque has been wiped, along with the logos of non-FIFA-sponsor Kimberly-Clark that adorn soap dispensers in its bathrooms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

Children use toy pistols and dispensers to squirt coloured water at their friends.

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026

I stuck my lunch back in my school bag and headed for the bathroom, where I was grateful to find automatic water and soap dispensers.

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling


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