Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shop (around)
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Guests will never quarrel over space, as the folding bulwarks expand the beach club area in the stern, creating an alfresco hub of sociability.—
Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
3 Feb. 2025 -
The students might represent different aspects of a quarrelling inner self.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2025
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Late last month, hockey fans in Boston booed the Canadian national anthem on the night before the U.S. and Canada clashed in the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament championship.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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Trump, Maine governor clash in tense exchange at White House Yet the future of the Office for Civil Rights is uncertain.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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During season five’s ballet party, Gina and Mosley exchanged a look that alluded to either an existing affair or a future one.—
Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Feb. 2025
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During a 2026 World Cup qualifier against Brazil in November 2023, Messi and Rodrygo exchanged insults.—
Felipe Cardenas,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Without politics to bicker over or political visions to debate, the candidates mostly pitched themselves and their personal connections to the community.—
Jesse Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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Meeting in Munich This combination of carping about America, bickering with each other, and grandstanding for the cameras has typified European responses to the Russian invasion of Feb. 24, 2022, and the three years of war that followed.—
Dominic Green,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Feb. 2025
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As for the love story, Quan and DeBose (who plays a woman who was supposed to go into hiding years ago and didn’t) squabble more than flirt, wasting the talents of two charismatic actors.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
8 Feb. 2025
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The Democratic House Minority Leader said his GOP counterparts were too busy squabbling amongst themselves to bring a proposal to the table that will keep the government funded past a March 14 deadline.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2025
Verb
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By then he had been traded to the Baltimore Orioles, then claimed on waivers by the New York Mets.—
Chuck Murr,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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The actress went all out with her glam, trading her signature natural makeup look for dramatic silver eye shadow with a smokey finish and a brown lip.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Shop (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shop%20%28around%29. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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