bodega
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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
The city stores’ “core basket of goods” isn’t “really some of the stuff that the bodega owners offer.”
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 man in the bodega almost died, but he didn't, thank God.
From "When I Was the Greatest" 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
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
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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