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shop

[shop] / ʃɒp /


VERB
look for merchandise to buy
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST


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Homegrown lettuce dominates the market in the summer and early autumn weeks before a transition that sees more imports filling shop shelves.

From BBC Sep. 23, 2026

She advised that homeowners in this position proactively shop around for policies, instead of accepting what the lender provides.

From MarketWatch Sep. 23, 2026

According to social media posts, the singer and a few band members set up on a grass lawn near a Central American fried chicken shop on 6th Street.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 23, 2026

The move aims to offer an “easy and delightful way to shop and check out with Muse,” Shopify’s Chief Executive Tobias Lütke said in a Monday post on X.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 21, 2026

There it stood now, as I stepped back into the shop, still tall and gleaming on its concrete block, but shorn now of eminence.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

No shops are open any more in Oleshky, with residents unable to source either clothes or hygiene products.

From BBC Sep. 23, 2026

There are Bvlgari hotels, Ralph Lauren coffee shops and Tommy Bahama restaurants.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 22, 2026

The complex will have 35,000 square feet of commercial space that a draft environmental impact report described as including stores, restaurants, coffee shops, fitness studios, and childcare facilities.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2026

Climate change, along with cyber-attacks, disease outbreaks and conflicts can all put a strain on the process that eventually gets food into our shops and homes.

From BBC Sep. 20, 2026

And he pointed to a road that led down a street of houses and small, squat stone shops, toward the trees beyond.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Collins shopped with his grandmother Kathy Red Elk for a suit Walters could wear to court.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

And while Warner Bros. quietly allowed the movie to be shopped to different studios, no one met their price.

From Salon Aug. 30, 2026

“An entire generation of consumers has shopped and purchased air travel under this system, and we believe a change could be extremely disruptive,” Southwest wrote in its request.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

According to Mintel research from July 2025, 32% of women aged 16-34 who buy clothes online said they had shopped at Shein during the previous year.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

So, whatever, we’d shopped for fudge, we’d looked at wind socks, and finally we went into a tourist shop and tried on the tackiest bathing suits we could find.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart

The app also prompted pushback from Amazon, which blocked Muse from shopping on the e-commerce site.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 24, 2026

Many states pay for disabled and elderly Medicaid beneficiaries to hire aides or family members to help with everyday tasks like cooking and shopping.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 23, 2026

"While we still need more empirical data to know if simulated shopping can satisfy a consumer urge, evidence from simulated consumption in gaming shows it can be highly effective," he says.

From BBC Sep. 23, 2026

But your robot shopper doesn’t watch TV, and if you’re outsourcing the shopping to it, you are not giving Amazon the same chance to harvest dollars from you as you walk through the digital store.

From Slate Sep. 23, 2026

During the meal, Lady Constance made bright, careless remarks about shopping and the weather, and the admiral told manly tales of exploration and danger in distant lands.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood




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