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shop

[shop] / ʃɒp /


VERB
look for merchandise to buy
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STRONGEST


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“Where’s the coffee shop? Where’s the place for veterans to hang out? ... Where is the market? Where are the jobs?”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Some online retailers may hesitate to tell customers when an item is in low supply, fearing it might encourage them to shop elsewhere or discourage them from buying anything else on the site.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

His family said he was going to collect a motorcycle from a mechanic's shop in his hometown of Milagro.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

You’ll also probably want to shop, so I would plan for that cost, too.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

And one morning soon afterward the first customer in the shop was a small thin-bearded man named Smit.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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