shopkeeper

Example Sentences

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A shopkeeper who emigrated from Peru 25 years ago says, “It’s a big holiday for us.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

With glasses perched on his nose, 43-year-old shopkeeper Minati Rout completes his journey by passing a final test: separating small pebbles from grains of rice.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

Hellen Condori, a 32-year-old shopkeeper with a baby in her arms, is number 132 in the queue.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Just across the street at the Ali Bin Ali grocery store, a shopkeeper was more apprehensive as he arranged boxes of Iranian dates and nuts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

A man lumbers into the shop—it’s the shopkeeper come from his house across the street.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone