vending machine

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A French teenager who allegedly licked a straw from an orange juice vending machine before putting it back into its dispenser has been charged with committing mischief and being a public nuisance in Singapore.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

"The strength of the vending machine business has been to sell at list prices," a spokeswoman for Pokka Sapporo told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026

At the Hyatt Centric Las Olas in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., a kind front-desk manager gave me a token for the champagne vending machine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

The joke on social media was that Salah collects player of the match awards like you would get them out of a vending machine.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

We headed into a lobby with barely enough room for the sole vending machine.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben