Recent Examples on the WebThe retired repairman knew the pawnshop clerk by name.—Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2024 Uses for the property are open, but Turim noted the city isn't interested in pawnshops, vape shops, gun stores or liquor stores.—Journal Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2024 One suspicious account, though, kept slipping through his fingers: a century-old pawnshop in Philadelphia.—Jeannette Neumann, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024 Once-thriving American factory towns sank into joblessness and despair, swapping restaurants and hardware stores for food banks and pawnshops.—Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023 After that, the poor man gets by, barely, as a tinkerer with a pawnshop.—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023 Lewisville police have identified two suspects who remain at large following the fatal shooting of a pawnshop owner on Valentine’s Day.—From Staff Reports, Dallas News, 7 Mar. 2023 The only businesses doing well were pawnshops, residents said.—Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2023 Half of those who had purchased guns privately — somewhere other than a store or pawnshop — also said they were not screened.—Glenn Thrush, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2023
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