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
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
There's a party in the bodega after, and the rugby matches that.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
But she didn’t have no money right then to pay for the food, so we were walking to Manny’s far-off bodega that would let her have groceries now, but pay for them later.
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
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
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
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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