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According to the investigation, a Malaysian man served as storekeeper and assistant chemist, with two other locals acting as his trusted aides.
From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025
Brown is a storekeeper for the city of Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2024
Ani grew up in Enugu, the second of five children born to a schoolteacher and a storekeeper who sold stationery and gift cards at a market stall.
From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2023
Ratnaweera Nandasiri, a 67-year-old paraplegic storekeeper and longtime supporter of the Rajapaksas, said they had provided him with a disability allowance that helped him survive during the pandemic.
From Reuters ● May 12, 2022
The storekeeper came out from behind the counter and spoke to him and to Ma, and then Laura and Mary had to show their manners.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
According to the Etemad newspaper, one trader who did not give his name, complained that officials had offered no support to storekeepers battling soaring import costs.
From Barron's ● Dec. 30, 2025
She pressured storekeepers to donate additional groceries for the needy, lest she step onto the street and publicly denounce them as “thieving gougers of widows and orphans.”
From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2021
Sharecropping left most African Americans impoverished and dependent on white landlords and storekeepers, and trapped large portions of the rural South in a seemingly hopeless cycle of poverty.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
Leaning against the counter are the extravagantly dour and dumpy storekeepers.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2015
There were coachmen, storekeepers, and milkmen; later a few municipal employees and distinguished ladies made a discreet appearance, slinking along the side walls of the house to keep from being recognized.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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