pawnshop

Example Sentences

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“There was talent there. It’s not like I found them in a pawnshop. They’re good players. It’s just, they needed an opportunity.”

From Seattle Times

He said big banks had a “pawnshop mentality,” lending only to those who could put up collateral and failing to modernize using technology.

From New York Times

I wouldn’t say it was art, but when I was kid, my father gave me a set of used oil paints from his pawnshop.

From New York Times

The most notable incident in recent memory was in August when retired police captain David Dorn, 77, was killed while protecting his friend’s pawnshop in St. Louis from looters during racial justice protests.

From Washington Times

But up until Ma made his speech in October, in which he likened state banks to “pawnshops,” Ant Group was still on track for the biggest IPO in history.

From Washington Post