candy store
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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We moved a lot, sometimes suddenly, winding up with the nine of us in a two-bedroom apartment over a candy store in Rutherford, N.J.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
We’re kids staring into the window of the cosmic candy store.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2025
When Cossington, who described herself as feeling like "a kid in the candy store", was tasked with recruiting the "best in the world", Van Ginhoven was top of her list.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2025
Aron Wellman, managing partner of Journalism’s ownership group, was leaning against the frame of the building taking it all in, looking like a young boy about ready to go into an all-you-can eat candy store.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2025
While they were frying, Francie ran down to the candy store and bought a penny’s worth of brown rock candy.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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