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Go with your own opinion, feelings; judge by personal word-of-mouth, non-scientific polling of people you meet, (from cousin Jim you've known all your life, to the stranger counting your change at the checkstand you'll never see again ... "so, how 'bout that health care thing," or some other 'not leading the witness' way of wording it).
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You can scarcely buy a loaf of bread without witnessing the parade of baby bumps blazing from the covers of the checkstand magazines.
Barbara & Shannon Kelley: Why Some Men Won't Accept That You're Not That Into Them Barbara 2011
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Frankly, I dislike them because they thwart any opportunity of flirting with a cute girl at the checkstand or in line.
Grocery Workers Strike?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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As we neared the register, a checkstand opened alongside, and the checker motioned us over.
Bradley Burston: In an Israel Reborn, a Glimpse of a New Israeli Bradley Burston 2011
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You can scarcely buy a loaf of bread without witnessing the parade of baby bumps blazing from the covers of the checkstand magazines.
Barbara & Shannon Kelley: Why Some Men Won't Accept That You're Not That Into Them Barbara 2011
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Would you be the person glaring at me or would you be the person helping me to get my grocery cart together and out of the checkstand?
Last Time I Checked, Babies Were People Too - Her Bad Mother 2010
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I'm almost hesitant to say this, since it will probably mean a longer wait for me, but both New Seasons and Trader Joes will simply have a friendly employee take your cans for you, count them, and hand you a slip which you can redeem at the checkstand.
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You can scarcely buy a loaf of bread without witnessing the parade of baby bumps blazing from the covers of the checkstand magazines.
Barbara & Shannon Kelley: Why Some Men Won't Accept That You're Not That Into Them Barbara 2011
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Upon checkout I used the same checkstand with the manager-type to see if she would address the issue properly and she asked me if I'd selected any of the same product, because she wanted to give it to me for free.
Safeway Tries To Sell You Meat Substitute That Expired 37 Days Ago - The Consumerist 2008
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At a nearby checkstand, some kind of assistant manager answered their page, saying that "Christopher" was on break, and asked what she could do to help.
Safeway Tries To Sell You Meat Substitute That Expired 37 Days Ago - The Consumerist 2008
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