cafeteria
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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
That cafeteria approach to fare pricing came out of post-pandemic air-travel lessons, at least in part.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
“I make a motion to appoint myself,” Verdugo said last week from a folding chair in an elementary-school cafeteria, looking out at dozens of constituents perched awkwardly on low kid-size benches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 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
Like a gracious host inviting people into her home, Rachel stood and called out over the growing din of the cafeteria, “Alyx, Oliver! Over here.”
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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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
Some of the cafeterias and coffee carts that are usually open to staffers are closed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2025
As someone who grew up with rock ’n’ roll, the hyper-amplified early Philip Glass Ensemble, and really noisy cafeterias, I was unbothered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
Restaurants and cafeterias have also been locked up as owners take precautionary measures.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 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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