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

His father bought him a $50 violin from a pawnshop, and he supported himself in college playing weekend gigs in Laredo.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2022

The door to the pawnshop opens, and an enormous white guy in a white tracksuit comes out and over to us.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon