bodega
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Mr. Marte started working as a bodega worker at 18.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 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
Becky Wisdom, who rescues cats in New York, warned that lifting the threat of fines could remove "leverage" to encourage bodega owners to better care for the animals.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
When she came back, she had one of those black plastic bags you get from the bodega.
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
Lost will be the ungentrified bodegas that celebrate neighborhood regulars by thumbtacking Polaroid photos of them to the wall and let customers buy sandwich bread on credit.
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
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
When Boaz arrived in the East Village, there was nothing open except bagel shops, bodegas, and grocery stores.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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