Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shop (around)
Verb
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Patients now have the ability to comparison shop, evaluate options and manage costs – but often without clear pricing.—
Deidre Popovich,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2026 -
Use services such as Google Flights to comparison shop and set up alerts for price changes.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The lack of money has, at times, led to quarrelling between the services - most notably pitting the navy against the army and the Royal Air Force.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
22 Apr. 2026
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Police said witness accounts indicate that the couple arrived at Zuri Hotel in Zanzibar on April 4 and had been quarreling frequently until the night of April 8, when hotel management separated them and asked McCann to move to a separate villa about a 10-minute walk away.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Andrade is used to clashing with the DeSantis administration.—
Gray Rohrer,
Sun Sentinel,
15 May 2026
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Strict city regulations wouldn’t allow for yellow to clash with the natural scenery, so the shade was chosen to better fit in with the local aesthetics.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
15 May 2026
Verb
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Something casually exchanged could become strategically useful.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 May 2026
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The Andes virus is a rare variant that can be passed from person to person through significant and intimate close contact such as sharing a bed for an extended period of time or exchanging saliva.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
Verb
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Since then, showrunner Tim Minear and the rest of the writers have played up the actors' natural chemistry, playing into both the characters' bickering dynamic and their willingness to do anything, including risking their lives, for one another.—
Sabienna Bowman,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
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The video went viral, and the two eventually bickered about it on social media later Sunday night.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2026
Verb
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Then there are the lesser houses, the lower fiefdoms squabbling over the crumbs that fall from the big kids’ table.—
Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
14 May 2026
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Clarity, short for Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, passed the House of Representatives last year but has faced setbacks in the Senate Banking Committee as banks and stablecoin companies squabble over the question of how and when rewards can be paid on stablecoin balances.—
Jack Kubinec,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
Verb
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Zubac might not have even been under consideration to be traded if James Harden did not find a trade destination ahead of the deadline.—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Since a pause in fighting began more than a month ago, naval forces have traded fire near the Strait of Hormuz.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
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“Shop (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shop%20%28around%29. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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