pawnshop
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Fast-food chain Wingstop, pawnshop operator Ezcorp and other companies that often cater to those customers similarly cited the pain of high pump prices during recent earnings calls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 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
In 1998, he decided to try DJing professionally and went to the pawnshop to buy better equipment.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2022
Multiple generations of the Harrison family run a pawnshop on the outskirts of Las Vegas.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2022
A beat-up-looking electric guitar in the window of the pawnshop next door caught my eye.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
Typical Diamond District buyers or pawnshops don’t have coin experts on hand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025
“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
That’s more than $55 million in fees collected predominantly from low-income Americans each day — not even counting the annual revenue collected by pawnshops and title loan services and rent-to-own schemes.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2023
In one of the pawnshops in Gallup, Nathan stared at the rows and rows of bracelets, rings, bow guards, and stones displayed in glass cases.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
