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And because every shopkeeper on every street does the same, the system persists.
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John Werner, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Frank Cady played Sam Drucker, a shopkeeper who was a regular on both Green Acres and Petticoat Junction.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 25 Jan. 2026
On January 8th, the twelfth day of mass protests in Iran, which began when shopkeepers, responding to runaway inflation, closed Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, the Iranian government shut down public access to the internet, further shrouding an already largely closed society.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
Iranian shopkeeper Erfan Soltani is seen in an undated photo posted on his Facebook account.
—Tucker Reals, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
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John Werner, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Frank Cady played Sam Drucker, a shopkeeper who was a regular on both Green Acres and Petticoat Junction.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 25 Jan. 2026
On January 8th, the twelfth day of mass protests in Iran, which began when shopkeepers, responding to runaway inflation, closed Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, the Iranian government shut down public access to the internet, further shrouding an already largely closed society.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
Iranian shopkeeper Erfan Soltani is seen in an undated photo posted on his Facebook account.
—Tucker Reals, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
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“Shopkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopkeeper. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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shopkeeper
noun
shop·keep·er
ˈshäp-ˌkē-pər 
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