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
  • But no one could quarrel with its timely message about how much ordinary folks suffer when bombs fall on civilian targets.
    Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Rather than quarrel over contending strategic doctrines, academics, pundits, think tankers, and policymakers should focus on more pragmatic forms of problem solving.
    Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2020
Definition of quarrel
Verb
  • During Trump’s first presidency, tech executives, including from Google, Facebook and Apple, clashed with his administration for banning immigrants from certain Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States.
    Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Sky will be showing the 2pm and 4.30pm matches, so the Spurs match could not clash.
    Eduardo Tansley, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of clash
Verb
  • User identifiers are exchanged to authenticate your device and provide a connection.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Syrians displaced by the conflict within the country and abroad exchanged greetings and congratulations as strategic city after strategic city – Aleppo, Hama, and Homs – fell as rebels dashed to the capital.
    Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of exchange
Verb
  • On a scene-to-scene level, Mr. Turner is packed full of delightful dialogue and wonderful scenes of 19th-century painters bickering and arguing, though its undercurrent is one of unstoppable modernity.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Sanders bickered with a reporter who asked about his plans for the rain.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 28 Sep. 2024
Definition of bicker
Verb
  • Congress squabbled while consumer-first, antitrust efforts won Anna Helhoski, news writer What happened: Fiscal year 2023-2024’s funding saga finally came to an end in March, then six months later, the battle to fund the fiscal year 2024-2025 began.
    NerdWallet, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The short melds Baum’s Oz with the casually surreal whimsy that dominated animation’s early days, when all a cartoon needed was a bunch of strange creatures squabbling and bouncing about to catchy tunes for eight minutes.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of squabble
Verb
  • The addition of Adames would push Tyler Fitzgerald into a competition at second base with Casey Schmitt, Brett Wisely and potentially Marco Luciano if the organization’s former top prospect isn’t traded or moved to the outfield.
    Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 8 Dec. 2024
  • And from the tour's very first night on March 17, 2023, in Glendale, Ariz., fans took that instruction to heart, with Swifties everywhere crafting bracelets to trade at every show.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of trade
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