bodega
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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
Mr. Marte started working as a bodega worker at 18.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 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
Praised for warding off pests, so-called bodega cats are also a cultural fixture for New Yorkers, some of whom are now pushing to enshrine legal rights for the little store helpers.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
Mr. Ray jerked the car over the side of the road, pulling up in front of a 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
She said the city was considering discounts on “bread, milk, meat, chicken, eggs” and won’t offer such items as the lottery tickets and alcohol found in bodegas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 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
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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