pimp
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“When I was cast in ‘Zola,’ I thought, ‘Me, playing a pimp? What? In this dark comedy? What do you see in me?’” says Domingo.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
The Plummer brothers - Tremaine, Tristan and Twaine - opted for a mix of cravats and dicky bows to pimp up their navy blue suits.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2022
“Do you think he ever told Rickey not to pimp those home runs, or tell Eck to not fist-pump?”
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2021
At 16, Aldrich was arrested with a 26-year-old female pimp and agreed to testify against the woman, believing that Sacramento County prosecutors would give her counseling and safe housing in exchange, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2020
By your question you must either take me for a pimp or an idiot.
From The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle by T. (Tobias) Smollett
Krell is a prosecutor who has specialized in human trafficking and put her share of pimps behind bars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
Listening to musicians, lovers, pimps, childhood friends and FBI agents recounting their time with Holiday is an evocative and transportive experience.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 6, 2020
“Anyone who pimps himself out to the M.E.K. fails the litmus test for integrity,” he said.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 29, 2019
It’s male detectives, male mob heavies, male pimps and even a couple of men trying to open a bigger, fancier gay bar in the Village.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 11, 2018
And the fact that I was “the young Brother Baldwin” increased my value with those same pimps and racketeers who had helped to stampede me into the church in the first place.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
It could have been a scene from earlier wars, except it was pimped by technology.
From BBC ● May 16, 2022
“That was probably the first time I’ve ever flipped a bat or pimped a home run,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2021
His work car, which my brothers and I loved to sneak inside, had tinted windows and was pimped, as we said at the time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2021
Other looks in the collection included shearling-style jackets and oversized trousers with a chevron pattern, while some styles were pimped up with sequins, including a pair of baggy jeans.
From Reuters ● Mar. 9, 2021
Terrell gets dropped off by his brother Mike, who’s driving a pimped BMW with chromed-out rims and tinted windows.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
This is a show that ridicules the genre’s feverish dedication to pimping childhood trauma and other excuses for hyper-masculinity by doubling down on the deep friendship that keeps Harley and Ivy firmly rooted.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2023
“I wasn’t pimping my home run,” Donaldson said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2021
"I don't mind people pimping strikeouts and pimping stuff on the field. I've never been a player like that, but I don't mind it; I love it," Smith said, via ESPN.
From Fox News ● May 1, 2021
It needs to be part of a broader cultural transformation in policing that goes beyond "pimping the programme for publicity", he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2020
I detected no hint of lasciviousness in Bill’s voice or manner, certainly no element of pimping; no, he was simply trying to protect me.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
