pawnshop
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Jack Ma forgot that, briefly, in October 2020, when at a financial regulators’ summit he said the Chinese banking system operated like a pawnshop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
“Without having a rigorous, effective enforcement, nothing’s going to happen,” said Tony DeMarco, a pawnshop owner and president of the Whittier Boulevard Merchants Assn., which opposed the ordinance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
Dave’s birthday gift the next year was a rusty, warped bamboo fly rod and reel that his father bought in a pawnshop.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
In 1998, he decided to try DJing professionally and went to the pawnshop to buy better equipment.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2022
Then he and Aunt Alice walked out, already discussing how much the computer might fetch at a pawnshop.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
“But you also have more bargain-hungry consumers looking for deals, and pawnshops have relatively good pricing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
“I can’t believe someone would take it and I hope local pawnshops don’t buy them.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2023
He sold them to booksellers, pawnshops and collectors.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2023
Area pawnshops and scrap metal dealers were warned to be on the alert for the missing device, should it end up at one of their sites.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2023
“Yes, ma’am. I am sorry for your losses. We will do our best to recover your things. We’ll check local pawnshops and the like. If you think of anything else, please let us know.”
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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