shopkeeper

Example Sentences

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In the bustling streets of the ancient Mughal city of Lahore, Pakistan's cultural capital, 49-year-old shopkeeper Aftab Ahmed is looking for solar panels to install at his home.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

Lamin Kongira said he had been walking past when a shopkeeper ran out shouting "fire, fire".

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

The son of a Philadelphia shopkeeper, Schwarzman grew up watching his father extend credit to newly arrived immigrants to be repaid when they could, he recalled in his Giving Pledge letter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

Pakistani shopkeeper Ehsanullah Himmat, 21, had travelled to the southern Afghan city of Kandahar with his family to attend a relative's wedding, but "now we cannot go back to our home", he said.

From Barron's • Jan. 4, 2026

Suddenly, the gate opened, and Stern, a former shopkeeper who now was a policeman, entered and took my father aside.

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel