How to Use go shopping in a Sentence

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  • And when the market drops sharply, that’s a great time to go shopping.
    Dallas News, 29 May 2022
  • Kivlehan walked to South Bay Plaza to go shopping for work clothes.
    Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Volta users can just plug in, go shopping at the mall or groceries, and come back to a good charge.
    Umar Shakir, The Verge, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Sometimes, though, there’s no need to go shopping at all.
    Michelle Brunner, Washington Post, 11 May 2023
  • Parents may wait to go shopping closer to the start of school, which is Aug. 15 in Dallas.
    Dallas News, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The firefighters raise money for the gifts among their ranks, go shopping and wrap them.
    Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The two go shopping, and Petra (Daria Panchenko) pulls Emily out of the store while the pair are dressed in merchandise that hasn’t been paid for.
    Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2022
  • That’s a lot of cash to wield, should Kotick decide to go shopping for other companies.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 31 May 2023
  • This may not be important for most climbers (just go shopping every five years?) and Good To-Go believes this to be a plus.
    Anthony Walsh, Outside Online, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Spring is right around the corner (kind of, in some parts of the country, some of the time), and the longer days and slightly warmer weather can really make a person want to go shopping.
    Malia Griggs, SELF, 8 Mar. 2023
  • She was known to be coqueta, loved to go shopping, and always had her long natural nails done.
    Jessica Diaz-Hurtado, refinery29.com, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Users can play games to earn crypto, go shopping with their avatars or attend events by wearing VR gadgets.
    Ugonna-Ora Owoh, Quartz, 26 May 2022
  • See here the most stylish outfits that Kate Middleton has reworn and be inspired to go shopping in your own closet, just like a Princess would.
    Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 27 Feb. 2023
  • While the kids are scavenging, parents can also go shopping in town: the town center is two and a half miles away, reachable with the hotel’s car or the town trolley.
    Laurie Werner, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
  • If the Penguins go shopping for a goaltender, Bruins reserve Keith Kinkaid could be a wise pickup.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2023
  • After more than two years of staying put—both literally and metaphorically—we're ready to go on a trip; to go see a show; to go shopping for a new wardrobe—to just get out and go.
    Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 10 June 2022
  • Shanghai started to ease its two-month lockdown last week, letting residents leave their homes, return to work, and go shopping.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 6 June 2022
  • The company might go shopping for other assets or explore for new reserves.
    Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ, 3 May 2022
  • This retro-chic city located in the Sonoran Desert of Southern California has the ideal weather to go shopping, eat and dine, and sit by the pool taking selfies.
    Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 12 Apr. 2023
  • ShimmerVille is an immersive Claire’s world operating within the Roblox platform, and comes complete with a mall to go shopping in.
    Jessica Bumpus, ELLE, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Ready to go shopping without all the holiday frustration?
    Mike Richard, Men's Health, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Whoever said that money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping.
    Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 23 Jan. 2023
  • My invite to Villanueva to go shopping for Stetsons to save his faltering campaign remains open.
    Gustavo Arellanocolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2022
  • One person who stepped up was Andrew Harris, who helped Anwer get to medical appointments and go shopping.
    Catherine Garcia, The Week, 2 June 2022
  • My colleague Jeong Park talked with some of them about their struggle to attend classes at senior centers, meet up with friends or go shopping without falling victim to extreme heat.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
  • That made companies less willing to go shopping for acquisitions, too.
    Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Some of last month's retail sales gain probably reflected unusually warm weather, which might have encouraged more people to buy cars, go shopping and eat out.
    Christopher Rugaber, ajc, 15 Feb. 2023
  • In many ways the on-demand, private service reinforces her sense of freedom to go about her daily life, go shopping, go to medical appointments, pick up her kids from day care and school — a freedom that is integral to her core.
    Journal Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2022
  • National holidays were seen as occasions to learn about great figures (even Christopher Columbus) and pivotal episodes in America’s history, not just to take a day off and go shopping.
    Leslie Lenkowsky, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Gabriel, unquestionably a devoted parent, gave up acting to do yoga, go shopping and attend PTA meetings.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 June 2023

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