cafeteria
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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
Whenever he visits another office, he eats in the employee cafeteria.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Sitti gets hot tea—which she always complains about, but also drinks every last drop—and Dad and I share a plate of very mediocre cafeteria fries.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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They want France’s university admissions system to be reformed and food in school cafeterias to be improved.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
By 2006, House cafeterias had quietly restored the French names.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 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
Post-primary pupils face price rises of 19% on food they buy from school cafeterias, while pre-school prices will also go up.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025
For example, two years later, all the school cafeterias in town were serving delicious food at least four days a week, all because of Nick the Consumer.
From "Frindle" by Andrew Clements
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