grocer

Example Sentences

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I cook everything I can get from the expensive grocer near Hillcrest, but I want to cook something Bengali.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

During the war, just one small grocer kept his store open.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

They are buying $1 boxes of pasta at discount grocer Lidl and cheese at Aldi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

"When a grocer is faced with those sorts of pricing dynamics in an industry that has razor-thin margins, it makes it incredibly difficult to compete - and it contributes to closures," Van Dyck says.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

No one ever saw him take anything, but after a while a grocer would begin to notice that whenever a certain red-haired boy came into the store, pickles disappeared.

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli