canteen

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Recent Examples of canteen Each foot soldier carried a ten-pound musket, a sixteen-inch bayonet, a tin canteen, a linen haversack, and his own blanket—a battlefield luxury, since in peacetime five men typically shared two blankets. / Cbs News, CBS News, 13 June 2025 The aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff in Ahmedabad, hitting the canteen of B.J Medical College. Hannah Parry barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025 Tang said his father worked in the canteen of a British Air Force base on the island and had bought this orchard in 1966. Tom Downey, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025 Based on the 1935 date on the silver certificates and the Rock Island Arsenal stamp, the family suspects the canteen was repurposed for WWII use after originally being manufactured for WWI. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for canteen
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Noun
  • Given his experience, Flacco has been considered the leader in the clubhouse the entire offseason, while some reporters are convinced Pickett was giving him a run for his money before suffering an injury setback last week.
    Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The front office initiated a fire sale, trading eight players in nine separate deals that left some players wondering aloud who’s still in the clubhouse.
    Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Bring gloves, utility scissors and a clean milk jug.
    Staff report, Chicago Tribune, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Councell tapped a plastic jug the size of a garden shed containing sugar water, nearby another full of corn syrup.
    Bill Weir, CNN, 12 Dec. 2022
Noun
  • But there is plenty that states can do, such as requiring more thorough background checks, instating a thirty-day waiting period, banning assault weapons, taxing the sale of firearms and ammunition, promoting gun storage in lockers, and prohibiting open carry.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Evidence that once sat dormant in an evidence locker now has the power to speak.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • McGlinchey said the run game has been a focal point all of camp.
    Vic Tafur, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2025
  • But that’s what’s noteworthy —remarkable, even — about the kind of training camp he’s had.
    Sam McDowell August 7, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Olde Tyme Kettle Korn: Between the kettle corn, caramel kettle corn and roasted peanuts, this booth sells out every year, Luv’s Brownies: Freshly baked brownies, ice cream and coffee drinks.
    Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2025
  • In 2024, the brand unveiled a limited-edition Tea Kettle Collective, which entailed debuting one new tea kettle every day for 15 consecutive days.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 17 July 2025
Noun
  • In the video, a man wearing a skull mask and military goggles mounts a camera to his chest and displays his artillery.
    Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • One of the pair holds up a knife to the other’s throat while the other places a placating hand to the other’s chest.
    Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Years ago these prisons were known as country club prisons.
    Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Kelce appears as the demanding country club boss to golf caddy Oscar Mejías (Bad Bunny, 31).
    Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 31 July 2025
Noun
  • Drake Baldwin, a catcher, had the night off because the Mets were starting a left-handed pitcher, David Peterson, and Baldwin bats left-handed.
    Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal called out the Red Sox as a team that may be taking things too far to catch pitchers tipping.
    Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025

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“Canteen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canteen. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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