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bodega

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




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The bodega and ration book system was implemented by late revolutionary leader Fidel Castro in 1963, after the United States placed the island under embargo.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

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

Outside in front of the bodega, everybody had left.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore

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

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

This means the Mamdami Marts will be able to undercut prices at the private grocery stores and bodegas in their neighborhoods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026

By night, darkness enveloped the streets, but electricity and reparto music bloomed sporadically from bodegas and bars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 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

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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