shop
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Clarkson visited Art of Play, a high-end shop on Atlantic Avenue, on Saturday and said an employee looked at her as though she couldn’t afford its merchandise.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
“I need to figure out how to pay the mortgage, how to pay the bills, how to keep the shop running. There’s too much going on.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
For 18-year-old Schekina Bourne, Boots is not a "go-to shop" for her.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Standing behind the counter of his fish-and-chip shop near the Etihad Stadium, Sailish Parekh says the transformation of east Manchester over the past two decades has been remarkable.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
We took our walk always at the same time, after the midday dinner and before the shop reopened at two, and always over the same route.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Like the Simpsons, many hardware-store owners have long adopted a kitty or two at their shops to help keep mice out of the bird feed and grass seed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
From our apartment, I could reach five coffee shops, more nail salons than any person could reasonably need, clothing stores, restaurants and the beach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Six thousand miles from the club shops where these shirts will be sold, a meeting is taking place inside Bowker Garment Factory.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Although consignment shops and charities like Goodwill, Salvation Army and Habitat for Humanity’s Restore shops often accept furniture donations, they typically only want clean, unbroken and new or gently used pieces that they can sell.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Along its dirt-swept streets, grocers stood posted beside stalls of fresh fruit, haggling down their final sales as shops prepared to close.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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Collins shopped with his grandmother Kathy Red Elk for a suit Walters could wear to court.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
And while Warner Bros. quietly allowed the movie to be shopped to different studios, no one met their price.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
The Multistrada is typically shopped against the equally intrepid BMW R 1300 GS; and KTM’s 1390 Super Adventure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
“An entire generation of consumers has shopped and purchased air travel under this system, and we believe a change could be extremely disruptive,” Southwest wrote in its request.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The only part I actually remember with my own eyes is standing in a really nice German suitcase store in London as my dad shopped for a new set.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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A few months ago, I was shopping at Trader Joe’s when I noticed the cashier’s earrings.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
On a busy, sunny weekend close to Okinawa's capital Naha, life seemed normal as tourists and Americans who appeared to be from the military packed beaches and shopping streets.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
What the CEO’s colleagues said Reckitt needed to jump on was the rapid rise of a different venue for shopping in China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
But now it is set to enter its 178th year under new ownership after an £7bn deal was agreed this week - here's three ways it could affect your shopping experience.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
“And shopping, too. I will miss my maternal responsibilities during your absence, of course, but I shall endure it somehow.”
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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