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“When I was cast in ‘Zola,’ I thought, ‘Me, playing a pimp? What? In this dark comedy? What do you see in me?’” says Domingo.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2023

My brother and I just bought my car, and we’re like, “How can we pimp it out? We’re gonna get this wrap, we’re gonna get an underglow for it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2023

The Plummer brothers - Tremaine, Tristan and Twaine - opted for a mix of cravats and dicky bows to pimp up their navy blue suits.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2022

When a Hummer stops near him, O’Malley rushes toward its open window: “Man, you’re a job creator, you’re a pimp, you’re an angel, and I love you forever!”

From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2020

They have some useful pimp, some favourite toad-eater, that is always at their elbow.

From Four Early Pamphlets by William Godwin

But the idea of curtailing even a weak tool to hold johns and pimps accountable is infuriating to critics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2022

“Anyone who pimps himself out to the M.E.K. fails the litmus test for integrity,” he said.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 29, 2019

Nicole Bell, a trafficking survivor and founder of Lift, a local anti-trafficking organisation, runs workshops inside the jail to prevent inmates being groomed and recruited by pimps and sex buyers.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 29, 2018

He has kicked out of his center pimps who tried to recruit the women, but he said the local police cared only about potential radicals.

From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2017

Blacktown crawled with white people, with pimps, prostitutes, bootleggers, with hustlers of all kinds, with colorful characters, and with police and prohibition agents.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

It could have been a scene from earlier wars, except it was pimped by technology.

From BBC ● May 16, 2022

“That was probably the first time I’ve ever flipped a bat or pimped a home run,” he said.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2021

His work car, which my brothers and I loved to sneak inside, had tinted windows and was pimped, as we said at the time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2021

Other looks in the collection included shearling-style jackets and oversized trousers with a chevron pattern, while some styles were pimped up with sequins, including a pair of baggy jeans.

From Reuters ● Mar. 9, 2021

Terrell gets dropped off by his brother Mike, who’s driving a pimped BMW with chromed-out rims and tinted windows.

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick

This is a show that ridicules the genre's feverish dedication to pimping childhood trauma and other excuses for hyper-masculinity by doubling down on the deep friendship that keeps Harley and Ivy firmly rooted.

From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2023

“I wasn’t pimping my home run,” Donaldson said.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2021

"I don't mind people pimping strikeouts and pimping stuff on the field. I've never been a player like that, but I don't mind it; I love it," Smith said, via ESPN.

From Fox News ● May 1, 2021

Speaking to The Sun, Alison denied the claims in the book and said she was shocked and appalled that Mariah would accuse her of pimping her out.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2020

I detected no hint of lasciviousness in Bill’s voice or manner, certainly no element of pimping; no, he was simply trying to protect me.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin