strip mall

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That may have been outré to a middle and high-schooler trying to be cool, but at some point post-college, the Chili Peppers became synonymous with sweaty fools passing out in strip mall parking lots.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

Around the crack of dawn, a line begins forming at a strip mall in Hyattsville, Maryland, as residents ranging from students to delivery workers and federal contractors wait to sign up for food assistance.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

When Medallion launched in 1988 and started compounding at 66% annually, Simons didn’t celebrate by going on television, mostly because he was too busy hiring cryptographers to work in a Long Island strip mall.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 15, 2025

On a recent Sunday morning, in the weedy parking lot of a strip mall in Wayne, N.J.,

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

The strip mall I pass is vacant except for a pawnshop.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty