pawn
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“You have people going, ‘Well, I’m not qualifying for certain consumer loan products, maybe I’m better off just getting a pawn, and that allows me to deal with my finances.’”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
"Magyar will want, as he did during the campaign, not to be caricatured as being a pawn of Brussels; do not expect him to say yes to everything," said an EU diplomat.
From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026
Mercader seduced Ageloff, who would become an unwitting pawn in the murder of one of her heroes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
Steve Buscemi and Giancarlo Esposito have supporting turns as, respectively, a pawn shop owner and a cop, and joined Turturro onstage where the super-group of Sundance veterans spoke of their personal affection for Robert Redford.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026
In two moves, the ablutionist blindsided the careless pawn and removed it from the field.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
He’d always say I was too aggressive with my pawns and that I wasn’t afraid to lose them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Michael Winstanley told BBC Radio Manchester many in the Greater Manchester constituency were "resentful" about the by-election and felt like "political pawns".
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
Through it all, many Greenlanders have felt like pawns in a global game that has upended their politics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
"I just wonder if he sees us all as pawns," the 29-year-old told AFP from his apartment in Queens, New York.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2025
Your ends may well be right—I think I believe in the same ends—but you cannot use people as your pawns, Atticus.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
Kilroe, being the veteran executive he was, did the obvious: He pawned the request onto someone else.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025
It was named for Barney Pressman, who in 1923 pawned his wife’s ring, at her encouragement, for $500 to buy the lease of a small store on Seventh Avenue and 17th Street in Manhattan.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2024
Migrants pawned their jewelry to pay for passage or brought their treasure to new lands.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 11, 2024
She told the BBC she had previously pawned two chains and two bracelets due to rising prices.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2023
“Please, I need three hundred to get my son out of jail. I don’t have anything else. I’ve pawned everything!”
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
She’s hoping to avoid pawning something or paying a bill late.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026
Geoffrey Simmons began pawning his items six years ago "just to fill the freezer".
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2023
His family did everything they could think of to catch up: pawning possessions, accumulating vast bank overdraft fees, borrowing money and applying for energy assistance.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2022
They lived by their spindle, loom or needle, or they leveraged textiles by pawning them or even renting them out.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2022
I forgave them for pawning my Nintendo, TV, and VCR.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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