shop
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Across the road from his shop is a hotel that houses homeless people, one of three such places within a very small area.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
The county's merchandise continues to be sold at Old Trafford on matchdays, while at the moment you won't find MSG products in the club shop.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Last week, I wrote about the pasta that finally taught me how to shop at the farmers market.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
The survey also found that, regardless of income, boomers shop for bargains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
I dashed back through our shop and up to the dining room where Betsie was setting out three places.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Tseng remembers going to coffee shops at 10 p.m. and blogging into the early hours of the morning.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
She said she and Jacob, who are both 32, love buying from charity shops and wanted to encourage more people to do so.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Their shops down narrow alleys sit dark behind faded signs advertising "traditional fortune-telling houses".
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Some had been successful in getting hold of solar eclipse glasses, but the vital eye protectors were in short supply in the run-up to the event with opticians, hardware shops and bakeries all selling out.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
They passed stalls, small shops, clusters of children playing on the street.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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According to Mintel research from July 2025, 32% of women aged 16-34 who buy clothes online said they had shopped at Shein during the previous year.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
In the wake of rising grocery prices and economic anxiety, some low-income customers who would once have shopped at budget grocery chains such as Grocery Outlet are turning to food banks instead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
If you haven’t shopped around for car insurance in a while, for example, this would be a good time to see if you can lower that cost.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
He hadn’t shopped for a new car in years and was stunned by the prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Whenever we shopped at the grocery store, they behaved as though they were worried about something.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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“There’s a lot of appeal to younger consumers in a style that is still fairly fresh to them, because maybe they weren’t shopping when ballet flats were last popular,” she said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
"It was always so nice to have Bonnie Tyler as part of the village, I would often see her shopping," said shop owner Jane Price.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The new rules could make comparison shopping sites such as Expedia and Kayak harder to use.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Instead, the pair had fun shopping and took a scenic boat tour in nearby Winter Park, Fla. Wales was somewhat disappointed by the motel-like resort they were assigned, but added, “it wasn’t the worst place.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Still, just being with Miranda made everything seem golden until her mom called her to go shopping.
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
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