pawnshop

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Fast-food chain Wingstop, pawnshop operator Ezcorp and other companies that often cater to those customers similarly cited the pain of high pump prices during recent earnings calls.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 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

Deborah Pomeranz, a provenance researcher at Berlin City Museum, said it acquired about 4,700 silver objects from a Berlin pawnshop from 1939 to 1940.

From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2023

He’d bouglit Gregor his first saxophone, a used one from the pawnshop, when he was seven and started teaching him to play it.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins