commissary
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Meanwhile, she’s tormented by the knowledge that Hadley was only 20 or so paces from the safety of the Mystic commissary, if only she’d left her cabin.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
She and her compatriots gather every Sunday outside the Otay Mesa facility to raise money to help detainees buy food in the prison commissary and call their families.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
In the commissary are seven food stations with a variety of cuisines including a sushi bar.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025
In order to do so, the company would first need to build an East Coast commissary similar to the one in Vernon, he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2025
The commissary people always paid for whatever they bought, but it was usually in scrip, and on top of it, the farmer didn’t have much choice about selling or not.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
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