gumball machine

collocation in English

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machine
noun[C]
uk
/məˈʃiːn/us
/məˈʃiːn/
a piece of equipment with several moving parts that uses power to do a particular type ...
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He shrinks them and traps them inside agumballmachine.
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He had stolen some money from his employers, and hidden it in thegumballmachineat the shop.
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The bar has traditionally had agumballmachineon it, and a large selection of random props and items that viewers have sent in.
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Team members had to rummage through a sticky pit of bubblegum to a giantgumballmachine, operating the machines until they obtained twenty for their team.
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The rules are the same, except the marbles that come with the game are colored and, after falling, move around a spiral pathway similar to that of agumballmachine.
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Classic gumball machines led to people packaging items in small capsules that can be dispensed one at a time from such machines.
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However, some gumball machines have more elaborate methods.
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A nickel cranked in nearby converted gumball machines would buy a handful of alfalfa pellets to feed them.
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The organization converts vintage gumball machines to dispense seed balls, a combination of clay, compost and region-specific seeds.
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Gumball machines can be found in most stores nearby, benefiting from the alley's popularity, and most downtown businesses value the attraction.
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They also broke open the vending and gumball machines and scooped out all the change, a move which would have unexpected consequences for them several days hence.
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Especially in the last case, these rotating beacons are sometimes referred to colloquially as gumball machines or sometimes cherry tops in the case of red lights.
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