pawnshop
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Jack Ma forgot that, briefly, in October 2020, when at a financial regulators’ summit he said the Chinese banking system operated like a pawnshop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
“Without having a rigorous, effective enforcement, nothing’s going to happen,” said Tony DeMarco, a pawnshop owner and president of the Whittier Boulevard Merchants Assn., which opposed the ordinance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
Cooper had bought the firearm 50 days earlier from a pawnshop in Renton, Ben’s Loan, prosecutors allege.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
In Stuttgart, Malena Alderete, a provenance researcher at the Württemberg State Museum, said pawnshop files for Stuttgart show which person had to hand over what kind of objects.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
She was staring at the doors of the pawnshop.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
In Nevada, pawnshops can charge monthly interest of up to 13%, plus a $5 initial fee and storage costs for certain items.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
“I can’t believe someone would take it and I hope local pawnshops don’t buy them.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2023
He sold them to booksellers, pawnshops and collectors.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2023
What businesses remain highlight desperation — bail bonds agents, plasma collection centers offering cash for bodily fluid, pawnshops.
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2023
Half the stores on the wide street seemed to be pawnshops and check-cashing agencies, and the other half were shuttered.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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