soup kitchen
noun
: an establishment dispensing minimum dietary essentials (such as soup and bread) to the needy
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Police discovered the identities of the woman, her baby and Ford, by cross-referencing footage of them seen at a soup kitchen nearby the Vatican and testimonies of witnesses who were in the park along with homeless people nearby, the Italian outlet reported.
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Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 16 June 2025
More than 15% of the people in Escambia County are food-insecure, so Tisdale, seeing a need, opened a soup kitchen in one of her church buildings for homeless people and started food distributions for others in need.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 14 June 2025
This can be creative, such as painting, or hobbies like gardening, or even volunteering at a hospital or soup kitchen.
—Katharine Esty, CNBC, 11 June 2025
At a soup kitchen in al-Nuseirat in central Gaza last Friday, hundreds of Palestinians waited in line in the scorching sun for the only meal most of them will eat that day.
—Jeremy Diamond and Abeer Salman, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
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Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 16 June 2025
More than 15% of the people in Escambia County are food-insecure, so Tisdale, seeing a need, opened a soup kitchen in one of her church buildings for homeless people and started food distributions for others in need.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 14 June 2025
This can be creative, such as painting, or hobbies like gardening, or even volunteering at a hospital or soup kitchen.
—Katharine Esty, CNBC, 11 June 2025
At a soup kitchen in al-Nuseirat in central Gaza last Friday, hundreds of Palestinians waited in line in the scorching sun for the only meal most of them will eat that day.
—Jeremy Diamond and Abeer Salman, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for soup kitchen
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“Soup kitchen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soup%20kitchen. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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