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

Cooper had bought the firearm 50 days earlier from a pawnshop in Renton, Ben’s Loan, prosecutors allege.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2023

In 1998, he decided to try DJing professionally and went to the pawnshop to buy better equipment.

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2022

In Nashville we temporarily lost our parents because Uncle turned down a side street when he spotted a pawnshop.

From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata