Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shop (around)
Verb
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Perplexity could take a simple search for a product and comparison shop in the background.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Franklin’s son and grandson quarreled.—
Stacy Schiff,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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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
Verb
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Blagoja Milevski’s side managed to frustrate the Red Devils when these countries clashed back in June, striking in the 86th minute to secure a 1-1 home draw.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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The actor’s hope then was to work with Filho sooner rather than later, but their schedules kept clashing.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Hamas has not yet received the final list of Palestinian prisoners to be exchanged, a Palestinian source told the BBC.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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Officials confirm that Taiwanese engineers and military planners are now in virtual working groups with Polish, Lithuanian, and Ukrainian counterparts, exchanging operational lessons in EW, C-UAS, and artillery fire direction.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The pair bicker and bond their way through the whimsical Panda Kingdom, a vibrant world that blends the everyday with the extraordinary, carrying animals and humans alike into something at once magical and mundane.—
Ben Croll,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
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Roberts and Tim Robbins play American journalists in Paris who lose their luggage and bicker over a hotel room and then wind up in bed together.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Rather than the large swath of private equity firms that backed LBOs over the years, with investors sometimes squabbling over strategy and straining under heavy debt loads, the new-model buyouts have fewer and deeper-pocketed sponsors.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
26 Sep. 2025
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The year is 1868 and Benjamin Guinness, the richest man in the country, has just died, leaving his four squabbling adult children to try and carry on the family’s legacy.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Tennessee traded Brown due to disagreements over a contract extension and a desire to avoid keeping a disgruntled player.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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He was traded to the Cleveland Browns in 2019.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Shop (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shop%20%28around%29. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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