Sentence examples for On commissary from inspiring English sources

She would draw on her ones to me and I would scent mine with peach lotion I bought on commissary".

BEECHER: People put money on commissary for you?

Statistics on commissary sales of nonfood items are hard to come by.

Troops abroad require exchanges because they lack other options, many military families at home depend on commissary discounts, and retirees value their retail privileges.

Crust may well be the menu cliché of the year, but there's a lot to be said for the pistachio-anise crust on Commissary's hefty halibut steak, with its subtle aroma of licorice.

One woman explained a nutrition intervention: "[I]t was called Women Overweight group … [the nurse] would lay out everything that was on commissary that was like good for you… [S]he taught us like how to rinse off the peanuts from the salt…[S]he would have a whole class based on like your options… in the chow hall… like what is good for you, how many calories are in that…" (29 year-old woman).

The Washington Post recently did an expose on commissaries, the US military's "supermarkets".

"The kids were paid in cash," he says, "and one day, during a violent rainstorm that flooded the studio, they descended on the commissary en masse.

And every day she received about 30 pieces of mail, much of it from strangers, including a woman who said her church prayed for Jones and put $30 on her commissary account.

Even these individuals may choose to forgo medical care if they decide the funds could be better spent on essential commissary items.

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