canteen

Example Sentences

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At the height of the Cold War, Moscow operated an airport on Svalbard and three mining towns complete with state-of-the-art health facilities and 24-hour canteens.

From The Wall Street Journal

The way Kilgore at first proudly offers his canteen to, but then thoughtlessly withdraws it from, an enemy soldier who is about to die is priceless, and reportedly based on a real incident.

From The Wall Street Journal

So he dumped the water out of their canteens.

From Literature

There hadn’t been any new movies at the theater for a while, and the canteen at the town center had run out of his favorite candy.

From Literature

One woman posted an image on Xiaohongshu of the rice and vegetables she ate at the canteen.

From The Wall Street Journal