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bodega

[boh-day-guh, baw-the-gah] / boʊˈdeɪ gə, bɔˈðɛ gɑ /




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So yeah, you can go into the bodega and pretend to be American.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Bero is prominently featured in “Brand New Day” when Holland’s Peter Parker is shopping at a bodega.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Subsidized goods for a low price may be a nice change at first, just have the common courtesy to not let the door hit your favorite bodega owner on the way out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

The sequence in Episode 2, when the bodega is raided and people are dragged away by the Anti-Vigilante Task Force, that was filmed before Los Angeles, before Minnesota — before all of it.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

The other was wrapped around a cup of takeout coffee from the bodega downstairs.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

You may miss stocking up in well-lit superstores but enjoy getting to know shopkeepers who run tiny bodegas.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

But bodegas also sell milk and bread, and they fear they will be driven out of business by government discounts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

Taylor said she backs another initiative proposed by state assembly member Linda Rosenthal, a prominent animal welfare advocate, who proposes allowing cats in bodegas under certain conditions.

From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026

It was near midnight, and he was gliding between stalls and bodegas, activating the city’s Muslim community—roughly 9 percent of New Yorkers—with his now signature mix of warmth and urgency.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2025

We go into different bodegas for water, Icees, chips, sunflower seeds, and it’s all as easy as the warm summer breeze.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi




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