pawn
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Steve Buscemi and Giancarlo Esposito have supporting turns as, respectively, a pawn shop owner and a cop, and joined Turturro onstage where the super-group of Sundance veterans spoke of their personal affection for Robert Redford.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
They may turn to pawn transactions and other informal borrowing arrangements.
From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026
Blaming China for taking the deal we offered is like blaming the pawn shop for buying your watch.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 19, 2025
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz also insisted Europe was "not a pawn, but a sovereign actor, with its own interests and values."
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025
I had wanted to be the author of my tale, not merely a player in Hamlet’s drama or a pawn in Claudius’s deadly game.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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