soup kitchen
noun
: an establishment dispensing minimum dietary essentials (such as soup and bread) to the needy
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My goal is to open a soup kitchen there in the next year.
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Jesse Scott, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2025
Roughly a third of Americans were jobless; hungry people were filling up soup kitchens across the country; and banks were collapsing as worried depositors rushed to withdraw their funds.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Instead of fleeing the city, like most residents, Ms. Tariq stayed on to set up soup kitchens.
—Declan Walsh, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
Gaza is on the brink of famine as Israel’s blockade of humanitarian aid and commercial goods stretches into its second month, depleting food warehouses and soup kitchens, and sending the cost of basic goods skyrocketing.
—Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
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Jesse Scott, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2025
Roughly a third of Americans were jobless; hungry people were filling up soup kitchens across the country; and banks were collapsing as worried depositors rushed to withdraw their funds.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Instead of fleeing the city, like most residents, Ms. Tariq stayed on to set up soup kitchens.
—Declan Walsh, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
Gaza is on the brink of famine as Israel’s blockade of humanitarian aid and commercial goods stretches into its second month, depleting food warehouses and soup kitchens, and sending the cost of basic goods skyrocketing.
—Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
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“Soup kitchen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soup%20kitchen. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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