shopkeeper
Example Sentences
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The demonstrations began last Sunday when shopkeepers staged a strike over high prices and economic stagnation, but they have since spread to other places and expanded to include political demands.
From Barron's
Pakistani shopkeeper Ehsanullah Himmat, 21, had travelled to the southern Afghan city of Kandahar with his family to attend a relative's wedding, but "now we cannot go back to our home", he said.
From Barron's
"The shopkeepers have protested against this situation and that is completely fair," he added.
From Barron's
The protests began in Tehran, with shopkeepers angered by another sharp fall in the value of the Iranian currency, the rial, against the US dollar on the open market.
From BBC
What began a week ago with Tehran shopkeepers has spread nationwide and hardened into anti-regime demonstrations.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
