Recent Examples on the WebDowntown restaurants and storefronts were adorned with Oilers banners and signs while office workers and shopkeepers wore Oilers jerseys to work.—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024 Simon, who is generally more diplomatic in his opinions, or at least in their delivery, said that the request probably confused the shopkeeper more than anything else.—Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2024 The city was still waking up, children holding hands on their way to school, shopkeepers sweeping the sidewalk.—Paul Tough, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024 The villagers in the study worked in a wide range of professions: shopkeepers, farmers, craftspeople and weavers, for example.—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 3 Apr. 2024 There’s a long tradition of presenting England’s smalltown shopkeepers, pub-tenders, constables and vicars as kindly, communal folks who keep calm and carry on in the name of queen and country.—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2024 Some shopkeepers view Fanatics suspiciously because of its potential power, but Mr. Keller, a former radio disc jockey, has embraced the upheaval.—Ken Belson, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024 And there's one takeaway from talking to shopkeepers and tour operators.—Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2024 The project is a shopkeeper simulator set in a high-fantasy world.—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
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