commissary
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The protesters also alleged that food rations had been reduced at the facility, forcing them to purchase costly items at the commissary.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Meanwhile, she’s tormented by the knowledge that Hadley was only 20 or so paces from the safety of the Mystic commissary, if only she’d left her cabin.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Building 178, originally opened in 1942, had included a bowling alley, commissary, tailor shop and even a disco.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2025
The line to buy food or hygiene products at the commissary was so long that sometimes detainees left empty-handed.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2025
Business was good—or rather it would have been good if we had had anything to sell, and people had had anything to pay for it with besides commissary scrip.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
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