cafeteria
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That cafeteria approach to fare pricing came out of post-pandemic air-travel lessons, at least in part.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Mannequins on display with USC football uniforms outside of the on-site cafeteria at the Bloom Football Performance Center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Vegetarian food is served cafeteria style and in practice if not by decree, eaten slowly, putting down the fork between bites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Army would set up a table inside the cafeteria of our high school where they would recruit these kids—not even young men and women—into the service.
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2026
The first day, it was so crazy in the cafeteria with everyone rushing to grab tables that I just ran out, clutching my bagged lunch from home.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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
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
Restaurants and cafeterias have also been locked up as owners take precautionary measures.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2025
The sit-ins to desegregate restaurants and cafeterias that were now taking place across the South had originated in Greensboro.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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