bodega
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So yeah, you can go into the bodega and pretend to be American.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 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
Rimada photographs the felines for his social media followers and last year launched a petition to legalize bodega cats, which drew nearly 14,000 signatures.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
I just didn’t really want to go into all that standing in the middle of the bodega.
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
You may miss stocking up in well-lit superstores but enjoy getting to know shopkeepers who run tiny bodegas.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Private mini-markets and clothing stores with well-stocked shelves have largely supplanted state "bodegas" and ration books in the past five years since SMEs were introduced.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 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
We got bodegas on both ends, which is cool, and a whole bunch of what my mom calls "interesting" folks who live in the middle.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
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