newsagent
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newsagents
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Origin of newsagent
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Rishi Davda, 36, grew up at his family's newsagent down the road after his parents came to Handsworth in the 1970s.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2025
On 8 September he was recorded in a newsagent reading articles about his alleged escape in the Daily Mail and Daily Mirror, before buying the former paper.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2024
He married a British woman and moved to Wallasey to run his own business, a newsagent called Nelson's News.
From BBC ● May 16, 2024
Built near the Olympic Stadium, the accommodation comprised row after row of small wooden chalets complete with running water, and the site featured a post office, newsagent, bureau de change, hairdressing salon and a restaurant.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2024
They followed him out of the school and up the road, past the corner newsagent, and across the railway bridge.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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The rise of online shopping means click-and-collect services have skyrocketed in popularity, with venues from local newsagents to petrol stations offering parcel send-and-deliver services.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025
Amjid Hafiz owns Latte Caffe on Abbeydale Road in Sheffield, which has served as a newsagents and sweet shop since it was first built as a toilet.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2025
I don't think you should be able to buy a pint of milk or something from the newsagents, as well as fireworks.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2024
The exterior was used for the 1980s-set ITV underwear drama Brief Encounter, while in 2022 the Disney TV series of Sheffield-based The Full Monty used the store as a newsagents.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2024
We count it.We take it to the newsagents.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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