shop (around)

verb

Definition of shop (around)next
as in to comparison shop

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shop (around)
  1. quarrel
  2. clash
  3. exchange
  4. bicker
  5. squabble
  6. trade
Verb
  • Typically of these groups, the neo-Nazis quarreled over something — dogma, money, tactics — and shed some members.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
  • In recent weeks, Congress has repeatedly quarreled over the rights of transgender people, who make up just 0.5% of all Americans above age 18, according to the Williams Institute.
    Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of quarrel
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  • After losing in their 2019 clash via unanimous decision, Dern will look to settle the score.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
  • The latest Marshon Lattimore versus Mike Evans clash is on.
    Ben Standig, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of clash
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  • Dodgers reach deals at arbitration deadline Thursday was the Major League Baseball deadline for teams and arbitration-eligible players to agree to contracts before having to exchange figures for a potential arbitration hearing.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The Biden administration has been in talks with the Taliban to exchange Americans detained in Afghanistan for Afghans in U.S. custody, a senior Taliban leader with direct knowledge of the negotiations told NBC News on Wednesday.
    Mushtaq Yusufzai, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of exchange
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  • The pair grow up frequently bickering with each other but begin dating in high school—only to end their relationship on bad terms when Seok Ji-won abruptly leaves town with his family.
    Regina Kim, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The sellers are Lydia (Lisa Kudrow) and Paul (Ray Romano), bickering empty nesters saddled with financial woes and a dark secret.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of bicker
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  • The announcement from the 49-year-old speaker caps nearly two years of intraparty squabbling over how the House operates and how much, if any, say the Democrats should have in setting the chamber's legislative agenda.
    John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Trump has also repeatedly squabbled with Zuckerberg over the years.
    Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of squabble
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  • In 2023-24, the first winter after Peter Seidler’s death, the Padres traded Juan Soto and abandoned Blake Snell and Josh Hader in free agency.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • That means Los Angeles will likely look to trade one of these infielders with the most likely one to go being Gavin Lux.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of trade
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