shopping (around)

present participle of shop (around)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shopping (around)
Verb
  • Trump officials are taking a hard-line approach against any use of race in admissions, clashing with colleges that invite students to discuss their race in application essays.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 June 2026
  • The firing follows Pelley allegedly clashing with Bilton during a tense staff meeting at 60 Minutes, per both The New York Times and The Guardian.
    Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • Now might not seem the moment for Democrats to be quarrelling, but many of them believe that the only way to build the Party back up is to remake it.
    Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • This time, there was some horse wrangling.
    Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 2 June 2026
  • And between Microsoft and Nvidia’s wrangling efforts, lots of Windows developers are also on board with Arm.
    Sean Hollister, The Verge, 1 June 2026
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“Shopping (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shopping%20%28around%29. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.

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