pawnshop
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Jack Ma forgot that, briefly, in October 2020, when at a financial regulators’ summit he said the Chinese banking system operated like a pawnshop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
“Without having a rigorous, effective enforcement, nothing’s going to happen,” said Tony DeMarco, a pawnshop owner and president of the Whittier Boulevard Merchants Assn., which opposed the ordinance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
Instead, I drove to a pawnshop in White Center, purchased an old Discman and plugged it into the adapter.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2023
In 1998, he decided to try DJing professionally and went to the pawnshop to buy better equipment.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2022
Then I visited a pawnshop called the Bent Penny, and asked a few more pointed questions.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Usually, though, pawnshops and other precious metals buyers sell coins to firms like his, which bundle them for investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025
“I can’t believe someone would take it and I hope local pawnshops don’t buy them.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2023
He sold them to booksellers, pawnshops and collectors.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2023
“Most of the stolen silver went from the pawnshops to companies specializing in melting silver,” Weniger said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
Half the stores on the wide street seemed to be pawnshops and check-cashing agencies, and the other half were shuttered.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
