In vain do I point to the broken ticket machine and my paid-for ticket, valid only on that day, for that journey?

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According to the CDC report, during the August 19 surprise visit, inspectors found brown liquid dripping on clean dishes, refrigerators out of order, improper installation of anti-entrapment drain covers in pools posing a possible danger to swimmers, faulty dishwashers that managers allegedly failed to do anything about until inspectors arrived and water from a broken ice machine leaking onto the pool deck.

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How many times has your washing machine broken down over the past twelve years and thousands upon thousands of cycles?

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Maybe they get a new appliance because the dishwasher or the washing machine is broken.

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One frosty morning I arrived at my local station to find that the ticket machine was broken.

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It seems a debate has been sparked about whether, in this case, the machine is broken, and how it can be fixed.

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The equipment, a Cybex leg extension machine, was not broken or faulty.

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The company will know when a machine has run out or broken down, when demand is greatest or least and when machines need stocking.

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