want ad
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It was a want ad in the newspaper that started Storen’s pro path.
From Washington Times ● May 7, 2020
"Say, the fellow that couldn't be happy here would be the fellow that would write a want ad in heaven."
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2018
It all started with a want ad in a newspaper for ice cream truck drivers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2016
I answered a want ad in a New York paper 15 years ago.
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2015
I paid the same prices as Jim, but I would have done just as badly at three times as much, and might just as well have saved money buying second-hand through a want "ad."
From Cupid's Middleman by Edward B. Lent
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