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Dispatched to a convenience store at 3:45 a.m. Oct. 29, officers found the building unlocked with lights on and no employee inside.
Joan Rusek, cleveland, 10 Nov. 2022
His score, like the script, has a sense of humor: during a scene in which Nicolas Cage’s character steals a package of diapers from a convenience store, the song playing over the speakers is a Muzak-like version of the movie’s main theme.
David Owen, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2022
McClain had been walking home from a convenience store at the time, the indictment said.
Kendall Ross, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2022
Thomas lives in Birmingham, Alabama, and is the assistant manager at a convenience store.
Catherine Garcia, The Week, 3 Nov. 2022
Abeer Polus works four nights a week at a convenience store next to where the public camera sits on a pole.
oregonlive, 22 Oct. 2022
When some high-school kids are menacing him at a convenience store, Laurie notices and intervenes — not everyone in Haddonfield has warm feelings about her, either.
Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 14 Oct. 2022
Earlier that Saturday, according to testimony, Stallworth was seen on video buying $18.91 in candy at a convenience store near Tom Brown Village.
Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 7 Oct. 2022
Police provided surveillance video from a convenience store with a time stamp of 4:52 p.m. showing the gun in the man’s waistband.
Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2022
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Joan Rusek, cleveland, 10 Nov. 2022
His score, like the script, has a sense of humor: during a scene in which Nicolas Cage’s character steals a package of diapers from a convenience store, the song playing over the speakers is a Muzak-like version of the movie’s main theme.
David Owen, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2022
McClain had been walking home from a convenience store at the time, the indictment said.
Kendall Ross, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2022
Thomas lives in Birmingham, Alabama, and is the assistant manager at a convenience store.
Catherine Garcia, The Week, 3 Nov. 2022
Abeer Polus works four nights a week at a convenience store next to where the public camera sits on a pole.
oregonlive, 22 Oct. 2022
When some high-school kids are menacing him at a convenience store, Laurie notices and intervenes — not everyone in Haddonfield has warm feelings about her, either.
Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 14 Oct. 2022
Earlier that Saturday, according to testimony, Stallworth was seen on video buying $18.91 in candy at a convenience store near Tom Brown Village.
Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 7 Oct. 2022
Police provided surveillance video from a convenience store with a time stamp of 4:52 p.m. showing the gun in the man’s waistband.
Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1965, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of convenience store was
in 1965
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“Convenience store.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/convenience%20store. Accessed 5 Dec. 2022.
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