shopped (around)

past tense of shop (around)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shopped (around)
Verb
  • Reports have indicated that William’s plans to modernize the monarchy have clashed with his father’s love for tradition.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 18 Oct. 2025
  • There, protesters confined to an area of downtown Los Angeles clashed with federal agents.
    Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Franklin’s son and grandson quarreled.
    Stacy Schiff, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Most had quarrelled with someone right before the act.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Eventually, though, Indigenous trade networks carried the shells thousands of miles, from the Pacific Ocean to the Great Plains, and were exchanged with tribes such as the Lakota and Ojibwe, where the shells began being used as a form of adornment, and even currency.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Randrianirina said his soldiers had decided to stand with protesters and had exchanged gunfire with security forces who were attempting to quell weekend protests, and one of his soldiers was killed.
    NPR, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Shopped (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shopped%20%28around%29. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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