panhandler

Example Sentences

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Shortly after moving here, I was approached by a panhandler in the parking garage of the Beverly Center.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2024

“If I wasn’t where I was, you couldn’t be where you was,” the panhandler says.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2023

Mr. Slaughter, a panhandler, exchanged words with Mr. Valdivia, which fueled the confrontation.

From Washington Times • Dec. 3, 2022

Another had repeatedly violated a previous neighborhood order of protection and, Whyte wrote, "continues to be a persistent panhandler."

From Salon • Dec. 1, 2022

For five years I've been little better than a panhandler.

From The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million by Henry, O.