bodega
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"It's a complete change in the way we live," said 64-year-old Paula Sonia Santiago outside one of the new stores, housed in what used to be a bodega.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Mr. Marte started working as a bodega worker at 18.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
She started filling up her son’s closet, and soon enough, she found herself selling her other finds out of a bodega in her garage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 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
Straight below, you could see all the people leaving the bodega downstairs, and the Laundromat next door.
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
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
Simba, a large cat with thick ginger and white fur, is one of thousands of felines that live in New York's corner shops known as "bodegas" -- even if their presence is illegal.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
Beatriz’s mom owns several bodegas, so she has the money to buy the most expensive fabrics in Puerto Rico and dress her up all nice.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
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