pawn
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“You have people going, ‘Well, I’m not qualifying for certain consumer loan products, maybe I’m better off just getting a pawn, and that allows me to deal with my finances.’”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Across town at an Ezpawn store near the airport, local Nevadans need a $200 pawn loan to pay their bills.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
The early pieces that established his reputation were dioramas of local spots around Grangeville, such as a tattoo parlor, a pawn show and a Dairy Queen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
They may turn to pawn transactions and other informal borrowing arrangements.
From Barron's ● Jan. 13, 2026
It was a nine-and-a-half-hour marathon in which Fischer, even though a pawn ahead, had a difficult position right up to adjournment.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Filmmakers must stop using these human pawns as a crutch until they prove they have more empathy than the bad guys themselves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Michael Winstanley told BBC Radio Manchester many in the Greater Manchester constituency were "resentful" about the by-election and felt like "political pawns".
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
Players roll a dice to move their pawns across the board, with each landing spot corresponding to cards containing questions or instructions to act out disaster-specific responses.
From Barron's ● Dec. 29, 2025
Supervisor Kathryn Barger said she wanted to see reforms that would protect both taxpayers and “vulnerable individuals who are being used as pawns to line the pockets of many of these attorneys.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2025
His vision returned and Nathan saw the dead pawns, beautiful rugs and dazzling jewelry.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
She has noted that he is difficult to manage, so I figured she just pawned him off on me now that the company has scaled up.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
It was named for Barney Pressman, who in 1923 pawned his wife’s ring, at her encouragement, for $500 to buy the lease of a small store on Seventh Avenue and 17th Street in Manhattan.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2024
Migrants pawned their jewelry to pay for passage or brought their treasure to new lands.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 11, 2024
She told the BBC she had previously pawned two chains and two bracelets due to rising prices.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2023
She was keeping it, she explained, to replace the wedding ring her mother had given her, the one Dad had pawned shortly after they got married.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
She’s hoping to avoid pawning something or paying a bill late.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026
Geoffrey Simmons began pawning his items six years ago "just to fill the freezer".
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2023
His family did everything they could think of to catch up: pawning possessions, accumulating vast bank overdraft fees, borrowing money and applying for energy assistance.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2022
There was no sudden rock bottom for me; no car wreck or flash of awakening after pawning a family member's jewelry.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2021
Nathan wondered how many people had been in their same position, pawning everything they had to make ends meet.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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