shopkeeper
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Higazi Shawer al-Tamimi, 70, a shopkeeper who plays a leadership role in the neighbourhood, said he was awakened at 1:00 am by soldiers and a senior officer who said he had to leave.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
Hervé Denis, a 56-year-old shopkeeper, peered through the shattered storefront of his friend’s motorcycle-equipment store.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
"They are saying that Google is being established for the education and employment opportunities of our children," said shopkeeper Gubbala Ramanamma.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
Metro leads on an interview with a shopkeeper who helped rescue his neighbours from a suspected arson attack.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Pa lies and tells the chief that he was only a shopkeeper in Phnom Penh, that he found the jewelry in the deserted houses during the evacuation.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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In Paris, shopkeepers boarded up windows and installed metal security gates ahead of Saturday’s protests, even as some were still repairing damage from last weekend’s unrest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
"On Saturday, in some major cities, you couldn't look shopkeepers in the eye after hundreds of shops had been looted and tell them we hadn't lost control," Nunez said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
Her side won a partial concession: In late April, the city agreed to restore 17 parking spaces along several blocks of Archer, though shopkeepers call that a fraction of what was lost.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
You may miss stocking up in well-lit superstores but enjoy getting to know shopkeepers who run tiny bodegas.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Usually when she came home from running errands for Ensenada shopkeepers for a few centavos, she stopped to admire her flowers.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
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