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cafeteria

[kaf-i-teer-ee-uh] / ˌkæf ɪˈtɪər i ə /


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Spanish journalist Antonio Jiménez Barca, who works for El Pais newspaper, was walking to the Renfe train's cafeteria when the crash happened.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

In “Let Them Eat Goo,” South Park Elementary decides to replace its cafeteria meat with a plant-based substitute after Cartman suffers two heart attacks.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 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

Whenever he visits another office, he eats in the employee cafeteria.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Her “meeting” is taking place near what used to be the cafeteria, and I have no choice but to walk right by the group to the elevator leading back to my room.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Across Israel, a schnitzel sandwich like this one, sometimes served with Yemeni zhug or Iraqi amba, is everywhere from bus stations to school cafeterias.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

At UC hospitals, union members work in cafeterias, as radiology technologists, nurse’s aides and patient transporters, among other roles.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

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

We’d aligned ourselves with different foundations and food suppliers to install six thousand salad bars in school cafeterias and were recruiting local chefs to help schools serve meals that were not just healthy but tasty.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama


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