storekeeper
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According to the investigation, a Malaysian man served as storekeeper and assistant chemist, with two other locals acting as his trusted aides.
From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025
The group soon encountered a storekeeper who managed to bridge the language barrier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2025
Ani grew up in Enugu, the second of five children born to a schoolteacher and a storekeeper who sold stationery and gift cards at a market stall.
From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2023
"Many winning customers were in disbelief at first," said storekeeper Wim Van Broekhoven who was as stunned as his wife when they heard the winning numbers.
From Reuters ● Dec. 9, 2022
They knew that Pa would trade his furs to the storekeeper for beautiful things from town, and all day they were expecting the presents he would bring them.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
According to the Etemad newspaper, one trader who did not give his name, complained that officials had offered no support to storekeepers battling soaring import costs.
From Barron's ● Dec. 30, 2025
She makes a lot of noise; she likes to bat her eyelashes at people; storekeepers hand her lollipops.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
Some of the storekeepers died, others left when they could no longer make a living.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 26, 2021
She pressured storekeepers to donate additional groceries for the needy, lest she step onto the street and publicly denounce them as “thieving gougers of widows and orphans.”
From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2021
His first ggeh was formed from a couple dozen storekeepers who knew each other through a fledgling Korean-American business association.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
