shop (around)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shop (around)
Verb
  • Perplexity could take a simple search for a product and comparison shop in the background.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Will the two be allowed to wed, or will Ellen’s brothers, quarrelling over their father’s chair, bargain her off to other suitors to improve their chances?
    Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Most had quarrelled with someone right before the act.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • That event was still beset by confrontations, with someone jumping on a police officer, protesters smashing glass panes in the doors of the venue and members of the Proud Boys – a far-right group – clashing with demonstrators, according to local media reports.
    Curt Devine, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Cosmists who believed in technology as a messianic force clashed not just with the Svyatogor camp, but also with the communists, whose guiding ideology of Marxism-Leninism was predicated on the dismantling of age-old social systems to establish a novel world order.
    Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Three weeks later in London, the same service required a bank transfer – no cash accepted, no cards processed, just account details exchanged securely and payment completed in seconds.
    Penny Lee, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Parents lined up on a sidewalk outside Bergen Meadow Elementary School, waiting to reunite with their children, exchanging hugs and quiet conversation.
    Katie Langford, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Jennifer Aniston’s Alex Levy, Reese Witherspoon’s Bradley Jackson, and the other members of The Morning Show’s newsroom and its network are once again bickering and backstabbing.
    Emma Alpern, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Coaches are also bickering about money, a topic that would have felt out of place 10 years ago.
    Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • One cameraman lamented not turning his lens towards the squabbling organizers.
    Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Awarded a second-half penalty against Bremen, Patrik Schick and Exequiel Palacios squabbled over who should take it, in a cliche of team dysfunction.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Dolphins, desperate to get their season on track after an embarrassing 33-8 loss to Indianapolis, are not trying to trade receiver Tyreek Hill, as ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported this week.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Still two years away from free agency, Jax’s belief he might one day be traded by the Twins wasn’t far-fetched.
    Dan Hayes, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Shop (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shop%20%28around%29. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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