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shop

[shop] / ʃɒp /


VERB
look for merchandise to buy
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STRONGEST


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Kelly’s Spa has become simply the spa, Duane’s Steakhouse is now just the steakhouse, and Casey’s Cupcakes, a hotel shop founded by Kelly’s daughter Casey Beau Brown, has closed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

The hotel today includes 238 guest rooms, four restaurants, two lounges, two chapels, a spa, pool and candy shop.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Norman Esslemont, who owns a clothes shop in Aberdeen city centre, has one main area of focus for whoever is successful in the by-election.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

It turned out that mass-producing instant coffee gave the company little insight into how to run an artisanal coffee shop.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

I had always felt happy in this little shop with its tiny voices and shelves of small shining faces.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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