garage sale
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Of course, hosting a garage sale where you offer to sell a friend’s clothes is not the same as digging into one another’s finances, but some of the same unease surfaces.
From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026
“They’re painting the whole sector with the same brush, and I think that’s been the opportunity to buy some of the winners at garage sale prices,” Ives says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
Families and couples of a certain age might even haul out grandma’s treasured china and give it a good dusting — that is, if you didn’t offload it at a garage sale or eBay.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2025
He gave his gloves away during a garage sale shortly after he quit playing and a grandson took down the few pictures he had hung on the wall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2025
An old VHS cassette tape that his mom had bought at a garage sale.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
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