storekeeper
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According to the investigation, a Malaysian man served as storekeeper and assistant chemist, with two other locals acting as his trusted aides.
From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025
"The key information was that it's got James, his father, and he was working as a storekeeper for the Newcastle Corporation Tramways," said Nicola.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025
The group soon encountered a storekeeper who managed to bridge the language barrier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2025
Ani grew up in Enugu, the second of five children born to a schoolteacher and a storekeeper who sold stationery and gift cards at a market stall.
From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2023
I might use a crowd to hide from a guard or a storekeeper.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
According to the Etemad newspaper, one trader who did not give his name, complained that officials had offered no support to storekeepers battling soaring import costs.
From Barron's ● Dec. 30, 2025
She makes a lot of noise; she likes to bat her eyelashes at people; storekeepers hand her lollipops.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
Some of the storekeepers died, others left when they could no longer make a living.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 26, 2021
She pressured storekeepers to donate additional groceries for the needy, lest she step onto the street and publicly denounce them as “thieving gougers of widows and orphans.”
From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2021
Many of the storekeepers invited sitting in their stores, but we did not have sitting because the laundry was hot and because it was outside Chinatown.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
