salesmen

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Carvana underwrites its own loans, giving it an advantage to used car salesmen, reflected in its cars worth $500 to $1000 versus rivals after reconditioning, helped by its scale, Bellas said.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

"We joke about basically being travelling T-shirt salesmen," singer Patrick Turner says.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Little wonder, then, that many patients preferred the services of women healers, or would take a risk on “quacks”—traveling salesmen selling ointments from town to town—rather than risk a visit to a hospital.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Every day, some of L.A.’s poorest residents line up outside the county benefits office in South Central, weaving their way through a swarm of salesmen hawking deals that feel too good to be true.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2025

Dick told him, very polite, like we were a couple of door-to-door salesmen, ‘We want to talk to you, sir. In your office, please.’

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote