Thesaurus results for SHOP (AROUND)

shop (around)

verb

Definition of shop (around)

as in to comparison shop

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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

Definition of comparison shop

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Sunday, a caller reported hearing two men quarreling and someone stating that a person would be taken into custody.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
But for Benjamin Franklin, the Haudenosaunee’s federal governing model was a perfect solution for how to get quarreling colonies to work together.

— Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of quarrel

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In his first major interview about his tell-all memoir, Tyler Hassen describes the culture clash surrounding DOGE’s mission and the backlash that followed.

— Elizabeth Dwoskin, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2026
On the edges of the empire, speakers of Germanic dialects, such as the Goths and Vandals, frequently clashed with the Romans, eventually contributing to the fragmentation of the empire.

— Scott Spires, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of clash

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Before committing, look at what is actually being exchanged rather than what everyone hopes will happen.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 25 Sep. 2026
Instead, implants exchange simple signals, such as whether a particular condition has been detected or whether an action should be triggered.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of exchange

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Like law enforcement agents everywhere, they’re disposed to bickering about jurisdiction or pumping each other for off-limits information.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
While the boys bicker over stickball rules, old-timers Keith Hernandez, Willie Randolph and Tom Seaver argue from a stoop.

— Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of bicker

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Later in the day, on the other hand, the artificial grass was hardly visible under the beach towels, and there were parents with squabbling children doing cannonballs into the pool.

— Elvira Navarro, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
There were the two seen squabbling with Jackie last month, another Shadow batted out of the nest before Luna and Sandy left and now eaglet KD1 is making her presence known.

— Joy Benedict, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of squabble

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