cafeteria
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The entire offensive line eats together at lunch in the cafeteria.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
The “slop bowl” became internet shorthand for the familiar fast-casual mash-up — grains, greens, globally inspired protein, sauce, perhaps an avocado surcharge — assembled with the logic of a cafeteria line and an over-$10 price.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
"The building is falling apart, the cafeteria is too small. There's zero budget, zero resources, not enough supervisors," Raphael said.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Dahlia and Mark sit down with Slow Burn to discuss how Gorsuch fits into the current court, where he’s going next, and why he never took his job on the cafeteria committee seriously.
From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026
He directs the cart toward what was once the cafeteria, and we follow him until he’s in the smaller open room connected to the domed great room.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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Cook is regularly spotted walking the halls of Apple Park or grabbing lunch at one of Apple’s Caffè Mac cafeterias.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
School cafeterias are a common place for bullying to occur, she says, because the student-to-staff ratio is much higher than in a classroom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
Some of the cafeterias and coffee carts that are usually open to staffers are closed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2025
In many cases, both the chains and the institutions themselves profit from these deals, turning cafeterias and lobbies into a quiet engine of revenue.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2025
I wander back down the halls to the cafeteria, which has the same fried-food, boiled- vegetable stench as cafeterias everywhere.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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