storekeeper
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The mood was similar on the streets of Beirut's southern suburbs - a stronghold of Hezbollah, also known as Dahieh - with a storekeeper expressing doubts about the agreement.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
According to the investigation, a Malaysian man served as storekeeper and assistant chemist, with two other locals acting as his trusted aides.
From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025
Brown is a storekeeper for the city of Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2024
The only child of Pieter Westra, a jewelry merchant, and Hendrika van Doorn, a storekeeper, she recalled a lonely childhood in which she learned to amuse herself.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2023
They knew that Pa would trade his furs to the storekeeper for beautiful things from town, and all day they were expecting the presents he would bring them.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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According to the Etemad newspaper, one trader who did not give his name, complained that officials had offered no support to storekeepers battling soaring import costs.
From Barron's ● Dec. 30, 2025
Some of the storekeepers died, others left when they could no longer make a living.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 26, 2021
She pressured storekeepers to donate additional groceries for the needy, lest she step onto the street and publicly denounce them as “thieving gougers of widows and orphans.”
From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2021
As landowners opened stores and storekeepers bought farmland, moreover, the landlord and merchant might become the same person.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
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He was dependable and strong, and storekeepers often paid him a few dollars to move boxes or clean up after hours.
From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper
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