set up shop
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The deal may also have woken Beijing up to the possibility that other companies -- including top AI startup DeepSeek -- could also one day set up shop overseas.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
In 2020, India's National Education Policy announced that foreign universities would be allowed in the country and rules were notified in 2023, creating a legal mechanism for these institutions to set up shop.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
Once Paris was liberated in August 1944, a small cadre of FBI agents known as the Army Liaison Unit arrived and set up shop.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
El Segundo has also long been a center for the toy industry as companies like to set up shop in the shadow of Mattel.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
Swift arrived in Chicago in 1875 and set up shop.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
