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Factory employees did not stage strikes, merchants and shopkeepers did not disrupt distribution networks, and workers did not block the production and export of oil.
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Haleh Esfandiari, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2017
Chaos akin to that of a Wall Street trading floor reigns in the crammed shop, where the shopkeepers yell prices across the store to buyers and security guards (the store employs four) keep the crowd moving.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024
In the hours before the march, Palestinian shopkeepers closed early, shuttering their stores as groups of Israeli teen boys harassed and taunted them.
—Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 6 June 2024
Of the events, the shopkeepers at the edge of what is now Stuyvesant Town were entirely unaware.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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Haleh Esfandiari, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2017
Chaos akin to that of a Wall Street trading floor reigns in the crammed shop, where the shopkeepers yell prices across the store to buyers and security guards (the store employs four) keep the crowd moving.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024
In the hours before the march, Palestinian shopkeepers closed early, shuttering their stores as groups of Israeli teen boys harassed and taunted them.
—Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 6 June 2024
Of the events, the shopkeepers at the edge of what is now Stuyvesant Town were entirely unaware.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Shopkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopkeeper. Accessed 7 Dec. 2024.
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shopkeeper
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shop·keep·er
ˈshäp-ˌkē-pər 
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