pimp
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“When I was cast in ‘Zola,’ I thought, ‘Me, playing a pimp? What? In this dark comedy? What do you see in me?’” says Domingo.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
The Plummer brothers - Tremaine, Tristan and Twaine - opted for a mix of cravats and dicky bows to pimp up their navy blue suits.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2022
At 16, Aldrich was arrested with a 26-year-old female pimp and agreed to testify against the woman, believing that Sacramento County prosecutors would give her counseling and safe housing in exchange, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2020
They get helped by a pimp, his flock and two white people, then fall in post-traumatic love.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2020
Such varlets pimp and jest for hire among the lying Greeks: Such varlets still are paid to hoot when brave Licinius speaks.
From Lays of Ancient Rome by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
Krell is a prosecutor who has specialized in human trafficking and put her share of pimps behind bars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
Another bill, the Sex Trade Survivors Justice & Equality Act, would focus on punishing customers and pimps, in an attempt to strengthen current laws on sex trafficking.
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2021
“The conditions they were forced to live in, especially regarding their health, were quite unsettling,” says Jean d’Hainaut, coordinator of the Dedalus cooperative, which helps women seeking to free themselves of their pimps.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 10, 2020
Grosso has rejected the notion that the bill, which does not alter the District’s sex-trafficking laws, would legalize pimps or any kind of coercion.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 16, 2019
And the fact that I was “the young Brother Baldwin” increased my value with those same pimps and racketeers who had helped to stampede me into the church in the first place.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
It could have been a scene from earlier wars, except it was pimped by technology.
From BBC ● May 16, 2022
Other looks in the collection included shearling-style jackets and oversized trousers with a chevron pattern, while some styles were pimped up with sequins, including a pair of baggy jeans.
From Reuters ● Mar. 9, 2021
He didn’t intend to discipline batters who flipped fictional bats or pimped their shots - a policy that will carry over into the season.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 10, 2018
Harper has been thrown at by a pitcher, three years later, because he pimped a home run.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 15, 2017
Terrell gets dropped off by his brother Mike, who’s driving a pimped BMW with chromed-out rims and tinted windows.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
For instance, Tate denies that he was pimping anyone and Carlson signs off on this view by scoffing, "How do you force someone to make TikTok videos?"
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2023
"I don't mind people pimping strikeouts and pimping stuff on the field. I've never been a player like that, but I don't mind it; I love it," Smith said, via ESPN.
From Fox News ● May 1, 2021
It needs to be part of a broader cultural transformation in policing that goes beyond "pimping the programme for publicity", he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2020
Last year, the website’s chief executive Carl Ferrer, Lacey and Larkin were charged with pimping conspiracy and other charges in a case brought by state prosecutors in California.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 9, 2018
“We have a really pimping house,” he informs me.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
