shopkeeper

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The son of a Philadelphia shopkeeper, Schwarzman grew up watching his father extend credit to newly arrived immigrants to be repaid when they could, he recalled in his Giving Pledge letter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

"Simba is very important to us because he keeps the shop clean of the mice," Austin Moreno, a shopkeeper in Manhattan, told AFP from behind his till.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

“It was Ahmed the bystander who helped disarm one of the shooters,” said Latiph, referring to Ahmed el Ahmed, a shopkeeper who threw himself at one of the suspects on Sunday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

"The experience haunts me. It gives me nightmares," he said as he sat in his all-black outfit at the camp, unsure whether he would ever return to his ordinary life as a shopkeeper.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

If Caesar could make it the thirty miles to Fletcher’s house, the shopkeeper pledged to convey him to the underground railroad.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead