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Some families feeling the economic pinch are selling jewelry at pawnshops.
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Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Narrow down your investing options Silver investing is no longer relegated to the local pawnshop or jeweler.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
According to Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood, 45-year-old Shaun Burstein — who served as executive director of Arya, a senior living facility in DeBary — is accused of stealing jewelry from elderly residents' rooms and taking it to local pawnshops.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 11 Jan. 2026
Banks are making the argument that such a plan would most hurt poor people, at a time of economic concern, by curtailing or eliminating credit lines, driving them to high-cost alternatives like payday loans or pawnshops.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2026
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Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Narrow down your investing options Silver investing is no longer relegated to the local pawnshop or jeweler.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
According to Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood, 45-year-old Shaun Burstein — who served as executive director of Arya, a senior living facility in DeBary — is accused of stealing jewelry from elderly residents' rooms and taking it to local pawnshops.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 11 Jan. 2026
Banks are making the argument that such a plan would most hurt poor people, at a time of economic concern, by curtailing or eliminating credit lines, driving them to high-cost alternatives like payday loans or pawnshops.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2026
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“Pawnshop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pawnshop. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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pawnshop
noun
pawn·shop
ˈpȯn-ˌshäp 
ˈpän-
: a pawnbroker's shop
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