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The speech invoked a Václav Havel essay about the hollowness of Communist ideology, embodied by the revolutionary slogans in shopkeepers’ windows that nobody actually believed.
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Ben Smith, semafor.com, 23 Feb. 2026
On my most recent trip, the stalls’ shopkeepers—a new mother and an older woman sitting under an umbrella in the beating sun—were happy to discuss the migrant problem.
—Elizabeth Flock, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
On the contrary, shopkeepers are getting squeezed — even if hotels and restaurants are packed and cashing in.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
In the newest trailer, Scorsese can be heard as an Ardennian shopkeeper who Mando approaches to seek information.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 17 Feb. 2026
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Ben Smith, semafor.com, 23 Feb. 2026
On my most recent trip, the stalls’ shopkeepers—a new mother and an older woman sitting under an umbrella in the beating sun—were happy to discuss the migrant problem.
—Elizabeth Flock, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
On the contrary, shopkeepers are getting squeezed — even if hotels and restaurants are packed and cashing in.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
In the newest trailer, Scorsese can be heard as an Ardennian shopkeeper who Mando approaches to seek information.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 17 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for shopkeeper
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“Shopkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopkeeper. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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shopkeeper
noun
shop·keep·er
ˈshäp-ˌkē-pər 
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