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Definition of convenience store
: a small often franchised market that is open long hours
Examples of convenience store in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web And Karon’s death came less than two months after 15-year-old Maurice Scott, an honor roll student, was shot and killed near a convenience store.
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Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, "An 11-year-old boy’s killing isn’t proof black lives don’t matter to black people. It’s proof of our collective failure.," 11 July 2020 Dattilo, who has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma, left his part-time job at a Lexington convenience store in April after discussing the possible move with his doctors.
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Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, "Savings running low for Kentuckians still waiting on unemployment benefits," 26 June 2020 Fulton’s unarmed son, Trayon Martin, was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer, George Zimmerman, while walking back from a central Florida convenience store in 2012.
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BostonGlobe.com, "Thousands join in Sunday prayer and protest in front of the White House," 14 June 2020 The Jefferson County Sheriffs’ Office said James Alan Gilliland, 50, was last seen June 4 at a convenience store on Birmingport Road near Sylvan Springs.
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Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, "Public’s help sought in finding missing Jefferson County man," 11 June 2020 The gas station/convenience store was a Shell in north Phoenix, according to the Facebook post.
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Joshua Bowling, USA TODAY, "Husband of woman in viral video apologizes for her racist scene in Phoenix convenience store," 11 June 2020 That’s the convenience store with character, that rare gem of a go-to corner shop packed with suprisingly gourmet and international hidden treasures.
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René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, "5 San Antonio convenience stores with surprisingly gourmet, international offerings like micheladas, craft beer, smoked brisket and Japanese snacks," 9 June 2020 Nahasapeemapetilon, an Indian-American with a thick accent, operates the Kwik-E-Mart convenience store in the fictional town of Springfield.
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Lisa Respers France, CNN, "Harry Shearer appears critical of 'Simpsons' decision to stop White actors voicing non-White characters," 4 Aug. 2020 On May 29, a man called 911 to report that a man, who police later identified as Luna, entered a convenience store with a gun.
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Uriel J. Garcia, The Arizona Republic, "Phoenix police release footage of a May shooting in west Phoenix," 31 July 2020
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The first known use of convenience store was in 1965
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