Example Sentences

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Beijing has been shopping in Greenland for more than a decade.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026

Johnson has been shopping at the store for eight years.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2024

Apple Music will replace Pepsi as sponsor in a deal that the N.F.L. has been shopping around for about $50 million, said three people familiar with the negotiations.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2022

There have been reports that Qualcomm has been shopping around server processors to companies like Amazon.

From The Verge • Aug. 31, 2022

He has been shopping too, and has sent home such a wonderful lot of fur coats and wraps, and all sorts of warm things.

From Dracula by Stoker, Bram