salesman

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The former, which Miller once considered calling “The Inside of His Head,” is fluidly constructed, playing fast and loose with time as it tracks the disintegrating mental life of down-and-out salesman Willy Loman.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

“Aren’t you trying to support local business or something?” the salesman said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

El Pollo Loco traces its history to the 1970s in Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico, where it was started by shoe salesman Pancho Ochoa using his family’s citrus-marinated chicken recipe.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Or as my father, the car salesman, would describe it, “they were negotiating.”

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

“Yes, sir,” a nattily dressed new animal salesman said to him chattily as he stood gaping with a sort of glazed, meek need at the displays.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick