pawnshop

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The second of Grossman’s fairy-tale-inspired romances set among Jewish families in Regency London finds the saucy scion of a disgraced family falling for a raven-haired criminal pawnshop owner.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2024

“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 1998, he decided to try DJing professionally and went to the pawnshop to buy better equipment.

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2022

Daddy almost lost his wedding ring to that pawnshop once.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas