Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shop (around)
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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
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Mayor Sue Finkam found the dollars to quell many concerns from city councilors about the budget, but officials still quarreled over the transparency of some dollars earmarked for Carmel’s legal department.—
Jake Allen,
IndyStar,
22 Oct. 2025
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The discovery was entirely by chance, and happened when an officer responded to Mirella's parents' residence after neighbors reported quarreling, per several outlets.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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Once more, the interests and egos of the men who sit at the very top of Spanish football are clashing, in a Clasico week in which the eyes of the footballing world are upon them.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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But both sides are increasingly jumpy in the capital Mogadishu—two were killed in late September after rival security units clashed following a visit by opposition politicians to a local police station.—
Omar S Mahmood,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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The comments came as Israel and Hamas exchanged the bodies of captives, a key demand of the truce.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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For their part, Max and Christian fight before docking and exchange some F-bombs on the bow just for good measure.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
21 Oct. 2025
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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
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Late risers in pajamas walked their dogs, two men squabbled over a parking spot, and neighbors and shopkeepers went about their routines.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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Norris lost a place to Leclerc and spent more than 20 laps squabbling with the Ferrari driver before overtaking him.—
Sahil Kapur,
NBC news,
19 Oct. 2025
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In the scene, Panahi trades grisly interrogation stories with the activist and fellow former political prisoner Nasrin Sotoudeh.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
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Dončić was traded to LA midway through last season in a blockbuster move.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
22 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 30 Oct. 2025.
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