shopkeeper
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"The situation gets worse every year," one Palestinian shopkeeper told AFP, refusing to give his name for fear of reprisals.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
In the bustling streets of the ancient Mughal city of Lahore, Pakistan's cultural capital, 49-year-old shopkeeper Aftab Ahmed is looking for solar panels to install at his home.
From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026
Lamin Kongira said he had been walking past when a shopkeeper ran out shouting "fire, fire".
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
A retired shopkeeper who was told he was not British despite living in the UK for nearly five decades said he is "over the moon" to have been finally made a British citizen.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
Rasheed stopped to look at an engraved silver dagger in one shop, and, in another, at an old rifle that the shopkeeper assured Rasheed was a relic from the first war against the British.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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