stocking
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You may miss stocking up in well-lit superstores but enjoy getting to know shopkeepers who run tiny bodegas.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
If you’re like me and still love stocking up on paper coupons, use them!
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
One of the most common rites of passage for young Americans is spending the long summer hours working as a camp counselor, lifeguarding at the local pool, stocking shelves or serving up dinners to regulars.
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
Vicky Fraser is a bibliographic services manager with LibrariesWest, an organisation in charge of stocking and running public libraries in Bristol, Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
“Coal,” the little one said, “like what Santa will put in your stocking if you’re bad.”
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
Women would wear dresses and stockings; men would don suits and hats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
Plenty of Americans will find a Just Do It T-shirt or a fresh pair of Air Force 1s in their stockings tomorrow.
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
The other DHS clip is a montage of Yuletide cheer — Santa, elves, stockings, dancing — over a sped-up electro-trash remake of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
Meanwhile, investors may be hoping for some gold and silver in their Christmas stockings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
What happened, while Granny was on her deathbed, Mama got up a black outfit for Mary Toy to wear to the funeral—black taffeta dress, black stockings, black slippers, and a little black bonnet.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
