vending machine

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"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

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

With Anthropic, another major AI startup, you will stress-test the AI “agent” idea in the most journalistically responsible way possible: by putting a bot-powered vending machine in a newsroom.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

"I hadn't eaten, and the vending machine wasn't working, all those things including toilet facilities, the bright lights and the noise all impact on you especially if you aren't well," she said.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

I press myself against the vending machine, its tiny vibrations mixing with the nervous energy in my bones.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi