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[stawr] / stɔr /






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Indian-American comic Hari Kondabolu made a documentary in 2017, titled the Problem With Apu, saying the character - a South Asian convenience store clerk - was founded on racial stereotypes.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

However, the store pushed back against her account, insisting that the bird Clarkson wanted was not for sale and that employees had offered to help her find an alternative.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Indeed, the fires could signal what the rest of the year has in store.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

Sober sisters sometimes run a check-in desk where members can store drinks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Now I was due at the store in forty minutes, and there was nothing to do but break it to her outright.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

The mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, said that he had witnessed "smashed shop windows, looted stores, and frightened citizens".

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

BBC Reporter Viraj Soni, who is at the scene, has said that marked police cars are parked along the road, which is lined by fast food stores and shops.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

“We’re almost like a loose confederation of small specialty stores, and I think that creates such a rich culture for us,” Mahady said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

She alleged there were provocateurs among the protesters, smashing up stores and banks, to discredit the demonstrations.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

At five o’clock the next morning, with the stores loaded onto the boats, the men pushed off into the water again, rowing along the base of the cliffs.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

Most of the creatine in our bodies — about 95% — is stored in our skeletal muscles, with a smaller amount stored in the brain, heart and other tissues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

"Yes, soldiers from the Home Guard found videos from the vehicles' sensors stored in their systems," Lieutenant Colonel Per Gunnar Grosberghaugen, Norwegian Home Guard spokesperson, confirmed to AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

The general idea is that going long stretches without eating depletes the body’s stored sugar, or glycogen, so it burns stored fat for energy.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

The updated design made it easier to recover the information stored in individual cells.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

They thought the carefully stored bag was probably full of gold; at any rate, they wanted to see what was in it.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

The Nasa Perseverance rover, which has been exploring Mars since 2021, has been carefully collecting samples on Mars and storing them in canisters.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

However, it does come with a heftier fee of 1.4%, partly reflecting the cost of storing the metal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Being able to examine these connected changes could eventually help researchers design more efficient catalysts, fuel cells, flow batteries and other technologies for converting and storing energy.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

According to a 2022 inspection report, when the drugstore was asked, “How are you storing these?” because they’re not in the logs, he said, “It’s supposed to be a little bit freezing.”

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

They would be storing the root vegetables soon.

From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry


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