garage sale
Example Sentences
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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
My partner got them for me for $5 from a neighbor’s garage sale.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2025
From the sidewalk it looked like any garage sale notice.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2024
A yard or garage sale can be a do-it-yourself alternative.
From Seattle Times • May 15, 2023
Because it might turn out that the fellow across the aisle was the guy you’d nearly blindsided at the freeway exit yesterday in order to beat him to a promising garage sale.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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