salesman

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A retired salesman once told me that sales is like fishing — you wait patiently for the right moment.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

The son of a bartender and a liquor salesman, he was raised in Portland, Ore. — which he and his family still called home.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

Luis Hernandez, a Geely salesman, said he has poached many longtime Ford and Chevrolet owners attracted to the affordable sticker prices and whiz-bang Chinese technology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

We spot Mustafa the shoe salesman on the sidewalk outside his brightly lit shop, chatting with a few friends.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

By March 2008 the stock market had finally grasped what every mortgage bond salesman had long known: Someone had lost at least $240 billion.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis